Latest in Tag: Nobel prize Highlight
Latest in Tag: Nobel prize

2022 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to revolutionary discoveries in quantum science
The work of the three scientists led to a clear understanding of the way for new technology based upon quantum information

Ultimate freedom is best for artists: Nobel Prize portrait painter
Niklas Elmehed is the talent behind unique gold-leaf portraits of Nobel Laureates published in October every yearÂ

Prominent US poet Louise GlĂŒck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
The academy said that in her poems, the self listens for what is left of its dreams and delusions, and nobody can be harder than she in confronting the illusions of the self.Â

Two female scientists win Nobel Prize for genome editing developmentÂ
Innovative method contributed to new cancer therapies and curing inherited diseases

3 physicists win Nobel Prize for revealing black holes, Milky Way secrets
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, on Tuesday, that half of this yearâs prize will go to the British physicist Roger Penrose, 89, for his mathematical work in 1965 showing how black holes are formed.

2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
UK-US discovery allowed for rapid development of antiviral drugs

2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to development of lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are used globally to power portable electronics revolutionising our livesÂ

Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 goes to contributions to our understanding of universeâs evolution
James Peebles won half of the prize, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz jointly won other halfÂ

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2019 goes to three researchers for revealing cellsâ adaptation to oxygenÂ
Their works paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anaemia and cancerÂ

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences goes to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer
The 2018 prize has been awarded to the US’s William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer for including climate change and technological innovation in longterm economic theory and furthering research on sustainable growth.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm has given the 50th Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to William D. Nordhaus and Paul …

âPower of evolutionâ wins Nobel prize in chemistry 2018
Frances H Arnold wins half of prize, George Smith, Sir Gregory Winter jointly win other half

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for developing proteins. The scientists were honored for their respective research on sustainability and cancer treatment.The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was on Wednesday awarded to two Americans and a British man. Frances H. Arnold (US) of the California Institute of Technology, George P. Smith …

Revolutionary inventions in laser physics win 2018 Nobel prize in physics
Donna Strickland becomes third woman to receive Nobel prize in physics

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to American, Canadian, French scientists
A team of three researchers have been awarded for work that paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in industry and medicine.Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. …

Nobel prize in medicine 2018 goes to cancer researchers, Honjo, Allison
Prize winners discovered cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation

Four writers shortlisted for ânewâ Nobel Prize
Winner will be announced on 12 October, presented at formal event on 9 December

Nobel Prize winner zur Hausen: "The low vaccination rate is a great scandal!"
In an exclusive interview with DW, Nobel Prize winner Harald zur Hausen talks about cancer-causing viruses and his incomprehension towards vaccination scpeticism.It is well known that smoking, a poor diet and a lack of exercise greatly increase the risk of getting cancer. However, few people know that several cancers are caused by viruses or bacteria …

Banned from travelling to receive award, Nazraâs director granted Alternative Nobel Prize
The Right Livelihood Foundation came to Mozn Hassan, applaud women empowerment efforts

In Video: Ahmed Zewail, femtochemist and Nobel prize winner

Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail dies age 70
Zewail was the first Arab to win a Nobel prize in the science field

‘The Jungle Book’ set for comeback 150 years after Kipling’s birth
“The Jungle Book,” one of Rudyard Kipling’s best-known works, has been beloved by children for decades. But the legacy of the British author and Nobel Prize laureate has been marred by his staunch support of colonialism.

Notes from America: Why Ahmed got arrested and Malala got a Nobel prize
Ahmed Mohamed, the young inventor, and Malala Yousafzai, the young women rights advocate, both have a story. However, each story has a different narrative and a different ending. Ahmed and Malala are both Muslims and were both victims of ignorance, bigotry and a self-righteous mindset, and they both became household names. Ahmed was a victim …

French and American scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
“The pair were honoured for pioneering experimental experiments in “measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”

Suu Kyi meets Clinton in US after years under arrest
The second meeting between Aung San Suu Kyiand Clinton takes place

Aung San Suu Kyi visits the United States
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to the US, with hopes of easing the import ban on her country

ElBaradei presides over Al-Dostour party
The Nobel-prize winning political idol officially heads the party he had co-founded

Anniversary of Naguib Mahfouzâs death
Six years have passed since the Nobel Prize winnerâs death
Call of a lifetime: ‘Congrats! You win a Nobel!’
By Karl Ritter / AP STOCKHOLM: Scientists, writers and brokers of peace around the world will be holding their breaths for a potentially life-altering, $1.5 million phone call from Scandinavia next week. Goran Hansson will dial the first one. “Sometimes they think that I’m joking,” said Hansson, secretary of the Nobel Prize committee for medicine. He …
Arab Spring, Obama, China: Nobel committee chair speaks out
OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee met Friday to pick the 2011 peace prize winner, with the committee chair telling AFP this year’s choice was a relatively easy one, amid speculation Arab Spring actors could win. "It has not been particularly difficult this year [to decide on a winner]," Thorbjoern Jagland said a day before the …
Nobel peace ceremony honors absent laureate Liu
OSLO: The head of the Nobel committee placed this year’s peace prize on an empty chair Friday as he called on a furious Beijing to free the new laureate Liu Xiaobo from his Chinese prison cell. As Communist authorities in Beijing fumed at the award for the 54-year-old dissident and pro-China demonstrators gathered outside the …