Tag: Nobel Prize

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.
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.