He is not resigning his Nobel or even his knighthood
at age 72 he is resigning being head of a lab - and as Jim says who is probably the only post-grad Aber who is doing research - a good job too.
and for the gurlz - at risk of earning another zillion comments of 'what's he on about, is she a scientist - or wha' ? ' - I recommend looking at the life of Jocelyn Bell Burnell
who really did cry ........[ she did whaaaaa'? ]
when her thesis supervisor stole her results and published them
.... on quasars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
Her comment is: " I havent done badly in a career as' the woman who should have got the Nobel Prize' "
[ oo eck yeah yeah I know - a thousand ABers post: woss this got to do with a woman scientist - apart from the fact she's a woman ? ]