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Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury announces. SOUNDBITE
France's Gerard Mourou says he was "stunned" to learn that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with the American Arthur Ashkin and the Canadian Donna Strickland. He reacts from the Polytechnic School of Palaiseau, near Paris, where his laboratory is located. The trio of physicists was rewarded for its ground-breaking discoveries harnessing the power of lasers. SOUNDBITE
Three researchers share the Nobel Physics Prize for inventions in the field of laser physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in industry and medicine, the jury says. Arthur Ashkin of the United States won one half of the prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada shared the other half. SOUNDBITE
Arthur McDonald says "my life seems to have changed" after learning that's he's won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Japan's Takaaki Kajita and Canada's Arthur B. McDonald win the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).