Tag: Nobel Prize

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  Pope Francis advances the sainthood of Sister Dulce , Brazil's “Mother Teresa”

  

  Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the “Mother Teresa” of Brazil. The pope signed the decrees on May 13 during a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The Vatican published the decrees on May 14.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Nobel in Economics for long term thinking on climate and technological innovation

  

  William Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul M Romer from New York University’s Stern School of Business have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics for including long-term thinking on climate issues and technological innovation in economic research.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 23:59 UTC

  Nobel Prizes criticize current US policy during the awards gala banquet

  

  A United States researcher who shared this year's Nobel Prize for medicine bluntly criticized political developments in the US in his address at the awards' gala banquet Sunday night. Michael Rosbash, who was honored for his work on circadian rhythms — commonly called the body clock — expressed concern that U.S. government support such as that received by him and colleagues Jeffrey Hall and Michael Young is endangered.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 19:17 UTC

  US researchers win Physics Nobel Prize for gravitational waves detection

  

  Three U.S. researchers won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for developing an observatory that made possible the detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time theorized by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Economics Nobel for Scottish born Angus Deaton: understanding consumption great and small

  

  The 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Scottish-born economist Professor Angus Deaton, 69, who is currently professor of economics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, in New Jersey.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Chemistry Nobel Prize for creators of 'nanoscopy' which peers into molecules of cells

  

  A German and two American scientists won on Wednesday the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual molecules inside living cells.

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 00:42 UTC

  Noble in chemistry for three scientists who developed computer simulation programs

  

  This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to three scientists who developed computer programs that have become as important to chemists as test tubes. These programs accurately simulate how large, complex molecules behave and this work is central to drug discovery, materials science and much more.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 22:06 UTC

  Economics Nobel Prize winner predicted ten years ago Euro lack of “clear fiscal backing”

  

  The winner of the Nobel Prize in economics says that a decade ago he feared the Euro would face problems because there wasn't enough fiscal coordination between countries to support it.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 22:37 UTC

  Two US macro-economy experts awarded Nobel Prize in economics

  

  US academics Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics for work that helps governments and central banks weigh up responses to crises -though it offers no immediate answer to current global problems.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  Vargas Llosa is “an enemy of Argentina and all populist governments”

  

  In spite of President Cristina Fernandez instructions to scale down the controversy over the attendance of Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa to Buenos for the opening of the Book Fair, the exchanges continued Wednesday.