Noted microbiologist receives royal honor

Sometimes it seems like Carl Woese, the University of Illinois microbiologist who recast the tree of life, gets an award every time he turns around.

But Woese on Friday had to admit the latest one is memorable, or "neat," as he put it twice.

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