Topics: Economics, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 was awarded jointly to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises” The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022. NobelPrize.org. NobelContinue reading “The Nobel Prize in Economics 2022…”
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022…
Topics: Literature, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux, “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory”. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Thu. 6 Oct 2022. <Continue reading “The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022…”
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022…
Topics: Chemistry, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry” The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about making the difficult simple. Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal have laid the foundations forContinue reading “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022…”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022…
Topics: Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, Physics The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 to Alain AspectUniversité Paris-Saclay andÉcole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France John F. ClauserJ.F. Clauser & Assoc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA Anton ZeilingerUniversity of Vienna, Austria “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalitiesContinue reading “The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022…”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022…
Topics: Medicine, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize Press release The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution Humanity has always been intrigued by its origins. Where do we come from, andContinue reading “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022…”
5 Elements…
Topics: Chemistry, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize Currently, there are 118 elements on the periodic table. If a new element is discovered, naming it involves several factors. Elements can be named after how they were obtained, their attributes, the compound they were isolated from, and places they were discovered. However, they can also be named after the peopleContinue reading “5 Elements…”
Alvarez, and Apocalypse…
Topics: Dinosaurs, Nobel Prize, Research In the run-up to the announcement of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics on 5 October, we’re running a series of blog posts looking at previous recipients and what they did after their Nobel-prize-winning work. In this first instalment Laura Hiscott explores the wide-ranging research of Luis Walter Alvarez, who won theContinue reading “Alvarez, and Apocalypse…”
The Last Three Minutes…
Topics: History, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, Steven Weinberg AUSTIN, Texas — Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, a professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, has died. He was 88. One of the most celebrated scientists of his generation, Weinberg was best known for helping to develop a critical part of the Standard ModelContinue reading “The Last Three Minutes…”
Women’s History Month, and CRISPR…
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, DNA, Nobel Prize, Research, Women in Science This year’s (2020) Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists who transformed an obscure bacterial immune mechanism, commonly called CRISPR, into a tool that can simply and cheaply edit the genomes of everything from wheat to mosquitoes to humans. The award went jointlyContinue reading “Women’s History Month, and CRISPR…”
Nobel Prize in Economics…
Topics: Economics, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded jointly to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Mon. 12 OctContinue reading “Nobel Prize in Economics…”
Physics and Nano 