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Yet, tragedy struck when a fire devastated Tesla's laboratory in 1895, destroying years of research and inventions. Despite this setback, he continued to push the boundaries of innovation. Nevertheless, competition with Guglielmo Marconi for radio patents saw Tesla's revolutionary ideas co-opted, culminating in Marconi winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for work including 17 of Tesla’s patents. This outcome catalyzed a sense of betrayal that would affect Tesla’s later years.