President Obama will on Friday, February 1, bestow the National Medal of Science upon 12 researchers and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation upon eleven inventors, in a ceremony at the White House, according to the White House press schedule sent out Friday. The recipients were named in December 2012. The awards are the nation’s highest in science and technology, and previous recipients of the National Medal of Science include DNA double-helix co-discoverer James Watson and rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Here’s the full list of 2012’s award winners:
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