Tag: Nobel Prize

Monday, October 11th 2021 - 19:16 UTC
Nobel Economic 2021 Prize goes to US-based trio

David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday for their research “drawing conclusions from unexpected experiments” applied to labor market analysis.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Journalists advocate of freedom of the press awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Russia's Dmitry Muratov.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Tanzanian-born writer wins Literature Nobel Prize

The 72-year-old Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this year by Swedish Academy.
Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 14:15 UTC
“Ingenious tool for molecule building” earns scientists the 2021 Chemistry Nobel Prize

The 2021 Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan for their achievements in the development of tools for building molecules that have helped make new drugs, it was announced Wednesday in Stockholm.
Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 21:51 UTC
Two climate change experts and one Italian theorist win Nobel Physics Prize

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two climate change experts in addition to an Italian scientist, it was announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
US Scientists win Medicine Nobel Prize for findings regarding human nervous system

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian of the United States have been awarded the Medicine Nobel Price for their advances in understanding how the human nervous system perceives temperature.
Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:34 UTC
Nobel Foundation divests from contaminating industries: sells coal and oil shares

The Nobel Foundation which funds and organizes the Nobel Prizes announced it was selling all of its assets in the petroleum industry, following on similar actions regarding coal, and other contaminating industries.
Wednesday, October 14th 2020 - 08:31 UTC
Pioneer ozone Mexican scientist and Nobel Prize dies

Mario Molina, the winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995 and the only Mexican scientist to be honored with a Nobel, died last week in his native Mexico City. He was 77 years old.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Nobel in Medicine for discovering the virus Hepatitis C: US and British scientists

Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The winners are US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice and British scientist Michael Houghton.
Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Two Americans and a Briton win the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize

Two Americans and a Briton won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for discovering a molecular switch that regulates how cells adapt to fluctuating oxygen levels, opening up new approaches to treating heart failure, anemia and cancer.