91.   The medicine prize winners Monday were Americans Edward Lewis and Eric Wieschaus, and German Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard, for deciphering which genes control the growth of embryos.

92.   The Nobel awards started Monday with the naming of three physiology or medicine prize winners.

93.   The Nobels, which celebrate their centennial this year, started Monday with the naming of the medicine prize winners, followed by the physics prize on Tuesday.

94.   The Nobels, which celebrate their centennial this year, started Monday with the naming of the medicine prize winners.

95.   The other prize winners in physics, chemistry, medicine and economics also will receive their prizes this week.

96.   The prize winner in economics will be named Tuesday and the physics and chemistry awards Wednesday.

97.   The phenomena that economics prize winners have traced can be more elusive than the quark.

98.   The prize winners are chosen by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

99.   The three chemistry prize winners were cited for discoveries that fundamentally altered how we think of plastic and how we use it.

100.   The three main prize winners in each country automatically qualify for the draw.