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5 October 2011 Last updated at 10:09 GMT
The Nobel prize for chemistry has gone to a single researcher for his discovery of the structure of quasicrystals.Daniel Shechtman's find helps explain the highly chaotic mosaic structure of crystals.
This crystal pattern in atoms was previously thought to be impossible and provoked controversy.
Dr Shechtman, from the Israel Institute of Technology, will recieve the entire 10m Swedish krona (￡940,000) prize.
The Nobel Prize in chemistry caps this year's science awards.
The Nobel prizes have been given out annually since 1901, covering the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace.
Monday's award of the 2011 prize for physiology or medicine went to Bruce Beutler of the US, Jules Hoffmann from France and Ralph Steinman from Canada for their work on immunology.
And Tuesday's award for physics went to Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the US and Brian Schmidt of Australia will divide the prize for their discovery that our Universe's expansion is accelerating.
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