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This is Scientific Americans' 60-second science.

I'm Steve Merski.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinski Institute has today decided to award the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbach and Michael W. Young, for their discoveries on molecular

mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.

Thomas Perlman, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly shortly after 5.30 this morning, Eastern Time.

Jeffrey Hall was born in New York and performed his seminal work at Brandeis University.

He's now retired and lives in Cambridge in Boston.

Michael Rosbush was born in Oklahoma City and performed his prize winning studies also

at Brandeis University where he's still on the faculty. And finally, Michael Young was born in Miami

and did his work at Rockefeller University in New York,

where he also remains on the faculty.

Ever since the emergence of life on Earth,

about 4 billion years ago,

evolving life forms had to adapt to the rotation of our planet.

This ability to prepare for the regular daily fluctuations is crucial for all life forms.

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