Today: November 04, 2024
Today: November 04, 2024

Nobel Prize

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97
Europe|News|Political|World

Nobel laureates urge Lukashenko to free more Belarus political prisoners

Fifty-five Nobel prize winners have signed an open letter urging Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to free more political prisoners after a human rights group said 18 were released at

Nobel laureates urge Lukashenko to free more Belarus political prisoners
Economy|Education|News|US|World

Gender gap pioneer Goldin wins Nobel economics prize

Harvard economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for her work exposing the causes of deeply rooted wage and labour

Gender gap pioneer Goldin wins Nobel economics prize
Arts|News

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92

Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92
MidEast|News|World

Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican

Israel's Embassy to the Holy See issued a protest on Monday after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza during an event hosted by the Vatican.

Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican
Arts|News

Norway's Jon Fosse gets Nobel literature prize for giving 'voice to the unsayable'

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday "for his innovative plays and prose which give

Norway's Jon Fosse gets Nobel literature prize for giving 'voice to the unsayable'
Science

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for 'quantum dots' that bring coloured light to screens

Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of tiny clusters of atoms

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for 'quantum dots' that bring coloured light to screens
Health|News|Science|World

Kariko and Weissman win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine work

Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the award-giving

Kariko and Weissman win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine work
Europe|News|Science

Factbox-2023 Nobel prizes announced this week

The Nobel prizes, arguably the world's most prestigious awards, are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday.

Factbox-2023 Nobel prizes announced this week
Arts|Europe|News|Science

Factbox-2023 Nobel prizes announced this week

The Nobel prizes, arguably the world's most prestigious awards, are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday.

Factbox-2023 Nobel prizes announced this week
Europe|News|Science|World

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
Arts|Asia|News|Opinion|World

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit

His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit
Arts|Opinion

Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.

Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
Arts|News

Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

Nobel laureate Louise Glück has died at 80

Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80
Economy|Education

Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole

Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.

Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole
Economy|Education|News

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard's Claudia Goldin for research on the workplace gender gap

Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to earn less money when they do

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard's Claudia Goldin for research on the workplace gender gap
Arts|News

The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway's Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse

The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway's Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence
Technology

Oops! Nobel chemistry winners are announced early in a rare slip-up

The most prestigious and secretive prize in science ran headfirst into the digital era Wednesday

Oops! Nobel chemistry winners are announced early in a rare slip-up
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3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in electronics, medical imaging

Three scientists in the United States have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on quantum dots

3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in electronics, medical imaging
Science

Trio wins Nobel Prize in physics for split-second glimpse of superfast spinning world of electrons

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on how electrons zip around the atom during the tiniest fractions of seconds

Trio wins Nobel Prize in physics for split-second glimpse of superfast spinning world of electrons
Health|News

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
Health|News|Science

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Arts|Entertainment|News

Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature

Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements
News|Science|World

Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor

The Nobel Foundation has decided to raise the award amount for this year’s Nobel Prizes by 1 million kronor ($90,000) to 11 million kronor ($986,270) as the Swedish currency has plummeted recently

Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor

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