Nobel prize: who gets left out?: This year’s Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded for a genuine revolution in modern science. The Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing tool allows scientists to precisely alter DNA by cutting and pasting sections of it. It has led to many discoveries in medicine, particularly in the development of new cancer therapies, and …
Nobel Prize: how Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysics: NASA/JPL-Caltech The award of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide. It recognises the central importance of black holes in …
Nobel Prize: two women scientists share chemistry prize for the first time for work on ‘genetic scissors’: Emmanuelle Charpentier, director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany, and Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, US, are the joint winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for …
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why: John O'Nolan/Unsplash, FAL While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a 2018 paper published after he was awarded the prize, …
Economics Nobel 2019: why Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer won: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 (commonly known as the Nobel Prize for Economics) has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. Through the award, the Nobel committee …
Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the first Ethiopian to receive the accolade. Abiy is the 12th winner from Africa to …
Nobel Prize in Chemistry: how lithium ion battery inventors changed the world: This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is shared by Michael Stanley Whittingham, John Bannister Goodenough and Akira Yoshino. These three world-leading scientists deserve enormous credit for their contributions to lithium ion battery (LIB) technology. The decision to award more than one person correctly …
Nobel Prize in Physics: James Peebles, master of the universe, shares award: During the press conference in which he was revealed as one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, James (Jim) Peebles was asked to point to a single discovery or breakthrough from his long career that would put the award …
Sexual violence as a weapon of war: why the Nobel Prize for Peace matters: Joint winners of the Nobel Peace Prize: Nadia Murad (left) with Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege. EPA-EFE/Stephanie Lecocq For ordinary women and men, peace is vital – as essential as air itself. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, the recipients of the Nobel …
Nobel literature row: usually it takes a world war to disrupt the prize: The Swedish Academy has announced it will not select a Nobel laureate in literature for 2018. Instead, two laureates will be appointed 2019, one for 2018 and one for 2019. The decision is not unique. The prize has been withheld on no …
Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘novels of great emotional force’: An annual cycle of intrigue and speculation, followed by the denouement – at which point the whole knotty process come to a head. Not the sagas of the political party conference season, but the perennially shocking announcement of the Nobel Laureate in …
Tipped to win Nobel literature prize, Kenya’s Ngugi misses out — again: Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o shows his newly released book "Wizard of the Crow" during launch at a Nairobi bookshop. Antony Njuguna/Reuters Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o was the bookies’ favourite for the second year to win the Nobel prize in literature. But …
Santos got the Nobel Prize for not giving up on peace – here’s why all Colombians won: Only days after the people of Colombia voted to reject a historic peace deal he spent years negotiating, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the country’s decades-long war …
South Africa in the news: Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu celebrates 85th birthday: JOHANNESBURG – Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, who has had health problems recently, is celebrating his 85th birthday in South Africa. President Jacob Zuma marked Tutu’s birthday on Friday, saying the former archbishop made big contributions to South …: “South Africa” – BingNews Australia …
South Africa in the news: Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu celebrates 85th birthday: JOHANNESBURG – Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, who has had health problems recently, is celebrating his 85th birthday in South Africa. President Jacob Zuma marked Tutu’s birthday on Friday, saying the former archbishop made big contributions to South …: “South Africa” – BingNews India …
Polyester pants dampen rats’ sex appeal: Ig Nobel prizes honor weird research – CNET: This year's awards celebrate goofy scientific studies involving itches and rocks with personalities. There's even a dig at the Volkswagen scandal. : Weird News Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?