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West Virginia University

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West Virginia University astrophysicists Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin have received the prestigious Shaw Prize, considered the “Nobel of the East,” for their discovery of fast radio bursts.

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WVU Photo/Raymond Thompson Jr.

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