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Meet top scientists to scholarships funded by technology tycoons

November 10, 2014 Last update 13:51 GMT

Some of the best scientists in the world have won cash prizes at an awards ceremony in Silicon Valley, California.

The Discovery Award is supported by technology tycoons like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Among the winners, the researchers were trying to understand cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease.

Peter Bowes reporting from California.