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Disciplines in Natural Sciences
Physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and the sciences of the earth and brain.
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Ernest Rutherford
1871 – 1937Found the atomic nucleus and split the atom.
New Zealand·Physics · ChemistryNobelFull profile
Macfarlane Burnet
1899 – 1985Acquired immune tolerance, the basis of transplantation.
Australia·Medicine · BiologyNobel
Maurice Wilkins
1916 – 2004Shared the DNA structure Nobel.
New Zealand·Biology · PhysicsNobel
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 – 2007Conductive polymers — flexible screens and printed electronics.
New Zealand·ChemistryNobel
Elizabeth Blackburn
b. 1948Discovered telomerase, central to ageing and cancer research.
Australia·Medicine · BiologyNobel