Russian Nobel Prize Winner for Physics Alferov Dies Aged 88
Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel Prize winner in physics and a member of Russia‘s parliament, has died aged 88 in St. Petersburg, the Russian Communist party said on Saturday. Alferov shared the nearly $1 million award, which recognized his research work in the 1970s in information technology which paved the way for computers, CD players and mobile…