The Shifting Sands of Science: How the Nobel Prize Debate Reflects a Changing World
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Shifting Sands of Science: How the Nobel Prize Debate Reflects a Changing World

Hindustan Times  

The Nobel Prize debate continues to rage on, with this year's awards highlighting the challenges and complexities of defining what constitutes a scientific discipline. While the prestigious awards do recognize major discoveries, the vast majority of researchers who dedicate their lives to cutting-edge scientific research will never hold a Nobel. Anirban Mahapatra explores the cultural and historical significance of the Nobel Prize and argues that scientific fields that defy easy categorisation are more important than they were when Alfred Nobel conceived these awards.

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Physics Nobel Recognizes AI Breakthroughs: A Paradigm Shift in Scientific Recognition
5 months, 1 week ago

Physics Nobel Recognizes AI Breakthroughs: A Paradigm Shift in Scientific Recognition

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes the groundbreaking contributions of AI researchers in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The prize acknowledges the development of algorithms and techniques that have revolutionized the field, including the Ising model, which has inspired the development of neural networks. The award also highlights the importance of basic science in driving technological …

As two more Britons are honoured for their stellar work... ALEX BRUMMER asks: Why does it take the Nobel Prize givers to remind us we're a nation brimming with world-beating geniuses?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

As two more Britons are honoured for their stellar work... ALEX BRUMMER asks: Why does it take the Nobel Prize givers to remind us we're a nation brimming with world-beating geniuses?

Daily Mail  

The spires of Cambridge colleges do not often feature in our celebrity obsessed culture. A chess master at the age of 12, Demis Hassabis took his A-levels at 15 and got a double first in computer science at Cambridge Despite his anonymity outside of academia, the Wimbledon-born scientist is known among his ­professorial peers as the 'Godfather of AI' Now, …

Nobel Prize awarded to Google DeepMind researchers who pioneered new AI system
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nobel Prize awarded to Google DeepMind researchers who pioneered new AI system

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Baker is a professor at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and learned how to master …

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio who used AI to build proteins, the building blocks of life
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio who used AI to build proteins, the building blocks of life

LA Times  

From left, American biochemist David Baker and DeepMind Technology’s John Jumper and Demis Hassabis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. The prize was awarded to David Baker, who works …

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

NPR  

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their breakthrough work predicting and designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life. Heiner Linke, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said the …

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to AI pioneers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to AI pioneers

China Daily  

By EARLE GALE in London | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-09 06:40 The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is announced in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 8, 2024. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to two scientists, John J Hopfield and Geoffrey E Hinton, for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy …

Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on protein structure
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on protein structure

ABC  

Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday, for their work on the structure of proteins. Demis Hassabis is one of the recipients of the award.. Half the prize was awarded to Mr Baker "for computational protein design" while the other half was shared by Mr …

Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics

Hindustan Times  

STOCKHOLM — Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats for humanity. At a Princeton news conference, he made reference to the concerns, bringing up the …

Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffery Hinton win Nobel Prize in Physics for developing methods that are 'the foundation' of artificial intelligence
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffery Hinton win Nobel Prize in Physics for developing methods that are 'the foundation' of artificial intelligence

ABC  

Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning within artificial neural networks. "This year's two Nobel laureates in physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation of today's powerful machine learning," the award-giving body said in a statement on Tuesday. Geoffrey …

Covering the Nobel Prizes
1 year, 4 months ago

Covering the Nobel Prizes

NPR  

Covering the Nobel Prizes And the contrast with other events Enlarge this image Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor Covering the science categories of the Nobel Prizes is challenging, even for a news organization with a science team, like NPR. Why are the science Nobel prizes less worthy of coverage than equivalent entertainment/sporting events? …

3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Their Work On Tiny Quantum Dots
1 year, 5 months ago

3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Their Work On Tiny Quantum Dots

Huff Post  

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on tiny quantum dots. BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” pic.twitter.com/qJCXc72Dj8 — The Nobel Prize October 4, …

Winners of Nobel Prize in chemistry may have been announced early: Swedish media
1 year, 5 months ago

Winners of Nobel Prize in chemistry may have been announced early: Swedish media

Hindustan Times  

Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely. The press release said the prize went to three US-based scientists for the “discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” However, the prize is set to be announced at 11:45am in Sweden. What is important to know is that …

Agostini, Krausz and L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
1 year, 5 months ago

Agostini, Krausz and L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

Live Mint  

Scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter", the award-giving body said on Tuesday. Physics is the second Nobel to be awarded this week after Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman won the …

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Three scientists win for research on electrons in flashes of light
1 year, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Three scientists win for research on electrons in flashes of light

The Hindu  

October 03, 2023 03:27 pm | Updated 04:30 pm IST - Stockholm The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electro dynamics in matter”, The Royal Swedish Academy of Science announced on October 3, 2023. The three Nobel …

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for glimpsing electrons during split seconds
1 year, 5 months ago

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for glimpsing electrons during split seconds

LA Times  

The winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics, from left: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier. “Once you can control and understand electrons, you have taken a very big step forward.” The three honorees’ experiments “have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules,” according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, …

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier
1 year, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier

ABC  

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who developed a way to study the behaviour of electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds. Key points: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier found a way to create very short pulses of light, advancing the study of electrons Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won …

Nobel Prize 2022: 3 chemists who made molecules 'click' awarded
2 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize 2022: 3 chemists who made molecules 'click' awarded

India TV News  

Three scientists from the United States and Denmark were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design better medicines. Sharpless, who previously won a Nobel Prize in 2001 and is now the fifth person to receive the award twice, first proposed the idea for connecting molecules …

2 Californians among trio who share Nobel Prize in chemistry for devising ‘molecular Lego’
2 years, 5 months ago

2 Californians among trio who share Nobel Prize in chemistry for devising ‘molecular Lego’

LA Times  

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, from left, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on a novel way to build molecules. Bertozzi, 55, “took click chemistry to a new level,” the Nobel panel said, by finding a way to make the process work inside living organisms without disrupting them. “I’m still not entirely …

Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
2 years, 5 months ago

Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Al Jazeera  

Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark’s Morten Meldal, are honoured for laying the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry. Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecular building blocks snap together to efficiently create new desired compounds. The third of the …

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless
2 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless

ABC  

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless have been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create desired compounds and that offer insight into cell biology. Key points: Click chemistry has been described as a way to build and link complex structures as if they were pieces of Lego …

2023 Breakthrough Prize winners announced
2 years, 6 months ago

2023 Breakthrough Prize winners announced

The Hindu  

The 2023 winners of the Breakthrough Prizes, dubbed the "Oscars of Science," were announced on Thursday and will split a total of more than $15 million. Quantum pioneers Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, David Deutsch, Peter Shor win the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. @MIT@UniofOxford@UMontreal@IBMResearchpic.twitter.com/hapWqalcKi — Breakthrough September 22, 2022 Mr. Milner, a venture capitalist, is one of the founders of …

Daily Quiz | Non-Nobel science and mathematics awards
3 years ago

Daily Quiz | Non-Nobel science and mathematics awards

The Hindu  

Daily Quiz | Non-Nobel science and mathematics awards Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /7 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | Instituted in 1958, this prize is one of the highest multidisciplinary science awards in India. YES NO Answer : Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology SHOW ANSWER 2 / 7 …

Nobel Prizes 2021
3 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prizes 2021

The Hindu  

This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine — awarded to the researchers, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian from the University of California, San Francisco and Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, respectively — recognises their seminal work in identifying the gene and understanding the mechanism through which our body perceives temperature and pressure. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry is …

2021 Nobel Prize: Meet the winners of physics, chemistry, medicine and their life-changing discoveries
3 years, 5 months ago

2021 Nobel Prize: Meet the winners of physics, chemistry, medicine and their life-changing discoveries

India Today  

October marks an important month in the academic calendar when intellectuals, academicians, researchers await the announcement of the coveted Nobel Prize. While we await the announcement of the name of the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in literature, the winners of the science category have all been revealed. NOBEL IN MEDICINE FOR SOLVING WHY WE FEEL HEAT, COLD, TOUCH The announcement …

Nobel Prize in chemistry honours pair for new way to make molecules
3 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in chemistry honours pair for new way to make molecules

Deccan Chronicle  

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David WC MacMillan of Princeton University. The Nobel panel said List and MacMillan in 2000 independently developed a new way of catalysis. On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize in physiology or medicine to Americans David Julius …

Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
3 years, 5 months ago

Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries

The Hindu  

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”. The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi for “the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations …

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work on climate and disorder in complex systems
3 years, 5 months ago

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work on climate and disorder in complex systems

LA Times  

The Nobel Committee announces the winners of the 2021 prize in physics. Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe, who was born in Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann of Germany were cited for …

2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
4 years, 5 months ago

2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to two researchers Wednesday for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life — technology already being used to try to cure a host of diseases and raise better crops and livestock. “My greatest hope is that it’s used for good, to …

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two women scientists for their work on genome editing
4 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two women scientists for their work on genome editing

Firstpost  

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their 2012 work on CRISPR-Cas9, a method to edit DNA. “I am thrilled to see CRISPR-Cas getting the recognition we have all been waiting for, and seeing two women being recognized as Nobel Laureates.” CRISPR has also become one of the most controversial …

2 Win Chemistry Nobel Prize for Developing Genome Editing Method
4 years, 5 months ago

2 Win Chemistry Nobel Prize for Developing Genome Editing Method

The Quint  

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was on Wednesday, 7 October, awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”, one of gene technology’s sharpest tools – the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the …

Panel To Announce 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Awardee to Get Gold Medal and $1.1 Million
4 years, 5 months ago

Panel To Announce 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Awardee to Get Gold Medal and $1.1 Million

News 18  

STOCKHOLM: Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to molecular scissors that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases. There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all, said Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. My greatest hope is that its used …

Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off
4 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off

Associated Press  

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off. The coronavirus was sequenced in a matter of weeks, testing became available quickly, and vaccines that would normally take years may be developed in a year or less, …

Chemistry Nobel for using evolution to create new proteins
6 years, 5 months ago

Chemistry Nobel for using evolution to create new proteins

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for using a sped-up version of evolution to create new proteins that have led to a best-selling drug and other products. “The Nobel Prize goes to me but it’s really a team of brilliant people who love what they do,” she said. Of the pre-dawn phone call from Stockholm …

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 winners include breast cancer survivor Frances H Arnold and two more
6 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 winners include breast cancer survivor Frances H Arnold and two more

ABP News  

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter. pic.twitter.com/lLGivVLttB — The Nobel Prize October 3, 2018 : Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 has been awarded to US scientists Frances H …

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Work That Demonstrates 'The Power Of Evolution'
6 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Work That Demonstrates 'The Power Of Evolution'

NPR  

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Work That Demonstrates 'The Power Of Evolution' toggle caption AP Updated 9:25 a.m. ET American Frances H. Arnold has won half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work in changing how chemists produce new enzymes, sharing the prize with another American, George Smith, and Sir Gregory Winter of the U.K. for research …

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 goes to 3 scientists: Here is why they won
6 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 goes to 3 scientists: Here is why they won

India Today  

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said at the October 10 ceremony of Nobel Prizes that the three researchers who were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry "harnessed the power of evolution" to develop enzymes and antibodies that have led to new pharmaceuticals and biofuels -- as reported by AP. "This year's Nobel Laureates in chemistry have been inspired …

2017 Chemistry Nobel: Three share prize for developing cryo-electron microscopy
7 years, 5 months ago

2017 Chemistry Nobel: Three share prize for developing cryo-electron microscopy

The Hindu  

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy, which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules. Scientific background on the 2017 #NobelPrize in Chemistry "The development of cryo-electron microscopy": https://t.co/K20ncnqoOW — The Nobel Prize October 4, 2017 “Researchers can now freeze biomolecules mid-movement and visualise processes they have never previously …

U.S. researcher among 3 awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for developments in electron microscopy
7 years, 5 months ago

U.S. researcher among 3 awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for developments in electron microscopy

LA Times  

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three researchers for their work on electron microscopy. Three scientists who developed new ways to capture the clearest snapshots of life’s complex molecules have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. “Now we can see the intricate details of the biomolecules in every corner of our cells, every drop of our body …

Two Nobel-winning scientists left their mark on Southern California
8 years, 5 months ago

Two Nobel-winning scientists left their mark on Southern California

LA Times  

Fraser Stoddart of Northwestern University raises a glass of Champagne at a press conference after winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. While the 2016 science Nobel laureates hailed from well outside the Golden State, three local universities celebrated two winners with a California connection: physics laureate Duncan Haldane and chemistry laureate Fraser Stoddart. “He’s one of the scientists that …

Three win 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines
8 years, 5 months ago

Three win 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines

India TV News  

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, British-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard "Ben" Feringa as winners of the prestigious 2016 Nobel prize in the field of chemistry. The laureates will share the 8 million kronor prize for the "design and synthesis" of molecular machines with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy …

Three scientists who created nano-sized machines win Nobel Prize in chemistry
8 years, 5 months ago

Three scientists who created nano-sized machines win Nobel Prize in chemistry

LA Times  

Royal Academy of Sciences members speak about the 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize in Stockholm on Wednesday. Three scientists who created tiny molecular machines received a huge honor Wednesday — the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa figured out how to combine atoms to make nanoscale machines that can act like motors, …

Chinese science awards to emulate Nobel Prize
9 years, 2 months ago

Chinese science awards to emulate Nobel Prize

China Daily  

Robin Li Yanhong, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, delivers a speech at the Future Forum Annual Conference 2016 in Beijing, Jan 17, 2016. The Future Science Awards were initiated by a group of elite Chinese scientists and business leaders, including Shi Yigong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of Gregori Aminoff Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy …

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year: All you need to know
9 years, 5 months ago

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year: All you need to know

India Today  

Chemistry has propelled humanity's progress for centuries. Until today, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given 106 times and 169 laureates have accepted the honour. Paul Modrich, Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair". The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was been given to Dutch scientist Jacobus …

Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair
9 years, 5 months ago

Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair

India TV News  

Stockholm: Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for "mechanistic studies of DNA repair." Modrich, born in 1946, is an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. The 8 million Swedish kronor award will be handed out along with …

3 Scientists Win 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize
9 years, 5 months ago

3 Scientists Win 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize

NPR  

3 Scientists Win 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And another Nobel Prize was awarded this morning. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair. MONTAGNE: And joining us to explain what DNA repair …

Nobel Prize predictions: Higgs boson, exoplanets could yield winners
11 years, 6 months ago

Nobel Prize predictions: Higgs boson, exoplanets could yield winners

LA Times  

Physicist Peter Higgs is one of the leading contenders for a Nobel Prize this year. The candidates who make it this far are then vetted a little more subjectively, as the analysts consider whether the scientists’ work is in a field the Nobel committees are likely to recognize, Pendlebury writes. The Thomson Reuters team has an impressive track record – …

Immune system discoveries earn Nobel in Medicine
13 years, 5 months ago

Immune system discoveries earn Nobel in Medicine

The Hindu  

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for discoveries about the immune system that opened new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer. Mr. Steinman, 70, was honoured for the discovery two decades earlier of dendritic cells, which help regulate adaptive immunity, the next stage of the immune system’s response, when the invading …

The challenge for chemistry
14 years, 2 months ago

The challenge for chemistry

The Hindu  

“Reinvention is essential for the continuing relevance and survival of chemistry,” warn George M. Whitesides from Harvard University, Cambridge and John Deutch from MIT, Cambridge. “If chemistry as a discipline is poorly equipped for today's problems, it will wither before the challenges of the future.” This is the message of one of the Comment pieces published online today in Nature. …

Indian-American Ramakrishnan among this year's Nobel laureates in Chemistry
15 years, 5 months ago

Indian-American Ramakrishnan among this year's Nobel laureates in Chemistry

The Hindu  

Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath’s work on ribosomes has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics. We still …

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