Green Fluorescent Protein

Three scientists win the Nobel Prize the hard way, unlike Al Gore and his fancy powerpoint.

Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien used a specific protein in the Aequorea Victoria jellyfish that makes them glow green under ultraviolet light. The chemists observed that this certain protein could be used as a tag for different cells and even proteins in living organisms.

It's implementation will help in Alzheimer's research.