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US duo Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun win Nobel medicine for microRNA discovery

Scientists win prize for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2024

The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements

The Nobel prizes award season is kicking off with the announcement of the winner of this year’s medicine award

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024

Nobel Prizes 2024: How do nominations work?

Here’s a look at all those who can nominate people for the Nobels. The list is long – very long.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2024

Upcoming Nobel prizes offer glimmer of hope as global crises mount

Next week's Nobel Prize announcements will crown achievements that made the world a better place, a glimmer of optimism amid a spiralling Middle East conflict, war in Ukraine, famine in Sudan and a collapsing climate.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 3, 2024

You can count female physics Nobel laureates on one hand – recent winners have wisdom for young women in the field

Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, only five have been women. This is a very small number, and certainly smaller than 50% – the percent of women in the human population.

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2024

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

From the swimming habits of dead trout to the revelation that some mammals can breathe through their backsides, a group of leading leftfield scientists have been taking their bows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 34th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Not to be confused with the actual…

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2024

Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses

Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

Waiting for owners: former Chelsea home of Samuel Beckett for sale for £5.5m

48 Paultons Square has been home to two Nobel Prize winners: dramatist Samuel Beckett, who lived there in 1934, and physicist Patrick Blackett from 1953 to 1969

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024

Japanese co-founder of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki awarded ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’

Ramon Magsaysay Award recognises filmmaker for creating animated movies that tackle complex issues and make them accessible to children

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024

Tsung-Dao Lee obituary

Theoretical physicist who won the Nobel prize with Chen Ning Yang in 1957 for their work on subatomic particles

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024