Tag: nobel

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Polish woman and controversial Austrian novelist win the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Literature Prize

  

  Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Nobel Peace Prize for Ethiopian prime minister who ended decades of hostility with neighboring Eritrea

  

  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Nobel Physics Prize for a Canadian cosmologist and two Swiss astronomers

  

  Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the Nobel Physics Prize for research increasing our understanding of our place in the universe, the jury said.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Lithium-ion battery developers win the Nobel Chemistry Prize

  

  Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smart-phones and a fossil fuel-free society. John Goodenough of the United States - at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel prize - Britain's Stanley Whittingham, and Japan's Akira Yoshino will share the nine million Swedish kronor (about US$914,000 or €833,000) prize equally, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Nobel Medicine Prize for harnessing immune system to fight cancer

  

  James Allison from the United States and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discoveries leading to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday.