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Egyptian Nobel laureate Zewail dies at 70Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail, a science and technology advisor to President Barack Obama and the first US science envoy to the Middle East, died on Tuesday in the United States, his spokesman told Egyptian state TV. More… |
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Nobel-laureate to address ethical finance awardsThe Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge Awards (EFICA) has confirmed Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus as the keynote speaker at the upcoming third annual awards in Dubai, UAE. Supported by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and More… |
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Malala, Indian child activist win Nobel Peace PrizePakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' right to education, and Indian campaigner against child trafficking and labour Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize yester More… |
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Match-making science wins economy NobelUS economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the 2012 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for research on how to match different economic agents such as students for schools or even organ donors with patients. The Royal Swedish More… |
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Chinese writer wins Nobel prize for literatureChinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life grounded in his native land. The prize, awarded by More… |
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Cell receptor research wins chemistry NobelTwo American scientists won the 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for research into how cells respond to external stimuli that is helping to develop better drugs to fight diseases such as diabetes, cancer and depression. More… |
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French, US scientists win Nobel for Quantum workA French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which could make it possible to build a new kind of computer far more powerful than any seen before. More… |
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Japanese, UK scientists win Nobel medicine prizeA British and a Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for work on creating stem cells, opening the door to new methods to diagnose and treat diseases. Briton John Gurdon and Japan's Shinya Yamanaka equa More… |
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Immune system discoveries win medicine NobelThree scientists who unlocked secrets of the body's immune system, opening doors to new vaccines and treatments for cancer, won the 2011 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday. American Bruce Beutler and French biologist Jules Hoffmann, wh More… |
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Obama says success may silence Nobel criticsUS President Barack Obama acknowledged criticism of his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday but said he hoped it would subside if he succeeded in his goals, including cutting nuclear weapons and tackling climate change. Speaking in Norway before More… |
