Cosmic imperfections celebrated

[Rick]

The Nobel Prize for physics this year lauds three individuals who described tiny - but hugely significant - flaws in the fabric of the Universe.

Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa have all provided new insights into the nature of matter.

Nambu described a mechanism called spontaneous broken symmetry in sub-atomic physics.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7656538.stm