Nobel Prize
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Explained: How research by Nobel winners for medicine would impact all
Education | Oct 07, 2019, 08:43 PM ISTDr Gregg Semenza, a top researcher at Johns Hopkins University, William G. Kaelin, Jr and Peter J. Ratcliffe's research gives an insight into how genes respond to varying levels of oxygen.
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Nobel Prize 2019 announced: Who got what so far
Education | Oct 14, 2019, 04:49 PM ISTNobel Prize is a set of annual international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. It is awarded for the bestowed contributions in several categories in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded jointly to 3
World | Oct 07, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
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Obama had no idea why he got Nobel Prize and I agree with him: Trump
World | Sep 24, 2019, 08:57 AM IST"They gave one to Obama immediately upon his ascent to the presidency and he had no idea why he got it. You know what? That was the only thing I agreed with him on," Trump said.
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Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter win Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018
Oct 03, 2018, 05:50 PM ISTThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said it has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan
World | Oct 01, 2018, 10:35 PM ISTThe pair "revolutionised cancer treatment," showing how our immune system can be effectively engaged in the fight against tumour cells.
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'No Nobel Prize in Literature award this year following sex-abuse charges'
World | May 04, 2018, 05:23 PM ISTThe Swedish Academy says the Nobel Prize in literature will be not awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body's reputation.
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Nobel Prize 2017: Meet all the winners here
World | Oct 10, 2017, 07:35 PM ISTThe Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific advances.
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Richard Thaler, 2017 Economics Nobel Prize winner, praised PM Modi’s note ban move, but with a ‘rider’
India | Oct 09, 2017, 10:40 PM IST2017 Economics Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler was one of those who had supported the demonetisation move at that time.
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Nobel Prize for Economics given to US economist Richard H Thaler
World | Oct 09, 2017, 05:53 PM ISTThe Nobel Prize In Economics for 2017 has been awarded to Richard H. Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics.
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Raghuram Rajan among probables for Nobel Prize for economics: Report
Business | Oct 07, 2017, 11:50 PM ISTRaghuram Rajan is one of the six economists on the list of probable winners compiled by Clarivate Analytics.
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Nobel-winning microscope technique is like ‘Google earth for molecules’: Royal Swedish Academy
Oct 07, 2017, 12:40 PM ISTThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.
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Kazuo Ishiguro named Nobel Prize winner in Literature: Interesting facts about the author
Books & Culture | Oct 05, 2017, 07:05 PM ISTKazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in 1989 for The Remains of the Day.
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Japan-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
World | Oct 05, 2017, 06:23 PM ISTIshiguro is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors in the English-speaking world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, and winning the 1989 award for his novel "The Remains of the Day".
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Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of cryo-electron microscopy
Oct 04, 2017, 04:02 PM ISTThe Nobel prize in Chemistry was won by three scientists for developing a technique to produce detailed images of life’s complex molecular machinery
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Barry Barish, Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss of US win Nobel Physics Prize for gravitational waves
Oct 03, 2017, 04:28 PM ISTSweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that the winners are Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology.
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Three Americans win Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering internal biological clock that governs wake-sleep cycles
Oct 03, 2017, 03:27 PM ISTProblems with our body clock have also been linked to such disorders as sleep problems, depression, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
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3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock
Oct 02, 2017, 08:58 PM ISTThe discovery will help doctors understand the mechanism behind sleep patterns, hormone release, blood pressure and body temperature
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Mumbai-born lawyer Colin Gonsalves named for Alternative Nobel Prize
India | Sep 27, 2017, 05:53 PM ISTColin Gonsalves has been selected for the prestigious Right Livelihood Award 2017 - often described as the Alternative Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Peace Prize should be axed: Chinese daily
World | Jul 21, 2017, 03:18 PM ISTThe commentary came a week after Chinese Nobel laureate and political dissident Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer on July 13.