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Video: World

Alexander Solzhenitsyn dead at 89

Russian literary giant, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who revealed the horror of Stalin's brutal labour...
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French writer wins Nobel prize

French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio wins the 2008 Nobel prize for literature. The...
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Ahtisaari wins Nobel for peace

Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari has been chosen the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Peace negotiator wins Nobel Prize

The former President of Finland Martti Ahtissari has won the Nobel Peace Prize for a long career of...
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Krugman wins Nobel

Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush Administration, won the Nobel prize in...
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Activists in Gaza boat mission

A boat laden with international activists and medical supplies arrives in Gaza in defiance of an...
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Ahtissari scoops Nobel Peace Prize

Finland's former president Martti Ahtissari is this year's winner for his efforts over three...
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Video: Science

AIDS and cancer pioneers win Nobel

Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes...
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Video: Movie Reviews

Nobel Son Trailer

Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father,...
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Video: People

Swallowing swords for science

Talk about a dangerous job - a professional sword swallower has co-authored a scientific research...
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World

Arctic counries meet to discuss climate change

Oslo - Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore called for more action to tackle global warming Tuesday on the...
» read full story April 28th, 2009 - 19:50

Voting underway in South Africa's fourth democratic poll

Soweto, South Africa - Voting was under way Wednesday in South Africa's fourth general election...
» read full story April 22nd, 2009 - 09:21

Dalai Lama absent as China hosts World Buddhist Forum

   Beijing - The Dalai Lama was a notable absentee on Friday as religious leaders...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 12:16

Sarkozy calls for "moralization of capitalism"

Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday opened an economic symposium in Paris by...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 14:31

Buddenbrooks Film Touches A Nerve In Recession-hit Germany

Hamburg - Rarely has the adaptation of an historical work of fiction touched the nerve of the times...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 14:36

UN Nuclear Watchdog Leaves Much To Do For New Director

Vienna - As Mohamed ElBaradei is about to enter his last year as head of the International Atomic...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 13:19

"Will Brussels Kill What Moscow Couldn't?", Poles Wonder

Gdansk - Tourists visiting Poland's Baltic coast often snap photos at the gates of Gdansk's...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 12:28
The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Mexican Faith Symbol

The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Mexican Faith Symbol

The Virgin of Guadalupe or Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic icon from Mexico, which...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 15:07

Director, Egyptian Fans Find Common Ground On Mahfouz Novel

Cairo - Egyptians who flooded a cinema hall in downtown Cairo were curious to watch a movie based...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 15:16

Czech President: EU's Most Outspoken Global Warming Doubter

Prague - Czech President Vaclav Klaus, one of the most prominent climate change doubters, is about...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 20:30

Authors Saviano, Rushdie Say Free Speech Under Threat

Stockholm - Freedom of speech is under threat worldwide Italian author Roberto Saviano and British...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 12:18

Dalai Lama "disappointed" by Sarkozy, no Paris visit

Paris - Exiled Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama will not attend a planned meeting of Nobel...
» read full story November 02nd, 2008 - 17:20

Nobel Peace laureate Ahtisaari deplores Middle East deadlock

Stockholm - Martti Ahtisaari, Finland's former president and winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize,...
» read full story October 25th, 2008 - 17:56

It's All Smiles again for Mr Brown,British PM Wins in Crisis

London- Gordon Brown is on a roll. No more gloomy poll news for the fingernail-chewing British...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 09:55

American Literature – Eliminated A Priori From the Nobel Run?

For years, Americans have been complaining that the Swedish Academy is turning a blind eye to...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 15:38

Selection of peace candidates a tricky matter

Oslo - The selection of a Nobel peace laureate often generates controversy and questions as to why...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 17:08
Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three US-based scientists, one of them...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 08:47
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, renowned...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 19:40
The 2008 Nobel For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers

The 2008 Nobel For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers

The Nobel committee offered the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics to two Japanese scientists and a...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 11:59
Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 09:41

Alternative Nobel Prize to Peace Work, Social Justice

Stockholm - Winners from Germany, India, Somalia and the United States were cited Wednesday for...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:14

Gorbachev to start political party with Russian billionaire Lebedev

Moscow - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is planning the launch of new Russian political...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 17:21

European Women's Lobby Launches Gender Balance Campaign

Brussels - Despite some progress, women remain grossly under- represented in European...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 10:14
Dalai Lama admitted to hospital with stomach pains

Dalai Lama admitted to hospital with stomach pains

New Delhi - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, was taken to hospital in the Indian...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 14:01

Bush off to Beijing with a Myanmar mission

US President George W Bush departed Bangkok Thursday for Beijing, where he plans to chide China for...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 12:54

Thousands Of Mourners Pay Tribute To Nobel Author Solzhenitsyn

Thousands of mourners paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the former dissident Russian Nobel...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 19:01

Russian Nobel Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies At 89

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winner for literature,died at age 89, the news agency...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 00:24
Mandela Removed from US Terror Watch List

Mandela Removed from US Terror Watch List

United States President George W. Bush signed a bill Tuesday to remove Nelson Mandela as well as...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 14:15
Al Gore Is All for Obama

Al Gore Is All for Obama

Is seems that Barack Obama’s beliefs and policy managed to attract Al Gore’s support, too. The...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 10:54
President Ramos-Horta Is Back After Assasination Attempt

President Ramos-Horta Is Back After Assasination Attempt

President Jose Ramos-Horta returned today to East Timor after a difficult recovery from an...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 13:27
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Movie Reviews

“The Day The Earth Stood Still” Leads This Weekend Box office

“The Day The Earth Stood Still” Leads This Weekend Box office

“The Day the Earth Stood Still” magnetized moviegoers into theaters across North America, rising...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:54
“The Day The Earth Stood Still,” Aliens Invaded

“The Day The Earth Stood Still,” Aliens Invaded

Robert Wise’s 1951 sci-ficlassic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” represented a straightforward...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 15:46
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U.S.

MIA, Efron, Obamas on Time's most-influential list

Los Angeles - Global hip-hop star MIA and young Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron have joined US...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 11:13

Reclusive Swiss architect wins coveted Pritzker Prize

San Francisco - Reclusive Swiss architect Peter Zumthor on Sunday won the coveted Pritzker Prize,...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 11:09
Al Gore: Stimulus Plan Will Help Counter Climate Change

Al Gore: Stimulus Plan Will Help Counter Climate Change

With the economic crisis in focus over the past couple of months, many people probably forgot about...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 16:50

Obama names agriculture, interior ministers

Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named his cabinet picks for the agriculture...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 08:55

Obama names agriculture, interior ministers

Washington - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named his cabinet picks for the agriculture...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 20:21

Obama Is Expected to Meet With Former Vice President Al Gore

President-elect Barack Obama will meet today with former Vice President Al Gore and Vice...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 17:00

Schwarzenegger pumping up McCain on campaign trail

Washington - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hit the campaign trail on John McCain's...
» read full story November 01st, 2008 - 08:47
"Stars' War": Celebs raise big money for Obama

"Stars' War": Celebs raise big money for Obama

New York - Left up to Hollywood, Barack Obama would be a clear shoe-in for the White House on...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 08:29

US Economist Paul Krugman Wins 2008 Nobel Economics Prize

Stockholm - The 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded Monday to Paul Krugman of the United...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 15:48
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Movies

“Earth Stood Still” Animates Box Office

“Earth Stood Still” Animates Box Office

“The Day the Earth Stood Still” magnetized moviegoers into theaters across North America, rising...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:16
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Exploring Human Nature

“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Exploring Human Nature

Friday, the sci-fi movie “The Day the Earth Stood Still” opened in theaters throughout the United...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 19:41

“Nobel Son,” a Movie about Dysfunctional Family Relationships

Directed by Randall Miller, “Nobel Son” is a three in one drama, comedy and thriller about the...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 16:30
Julianne Moore's 'Blindness' Sparks Controversy Among The Blind

Julianne Moore's 'Blindness' Sparks Controversy Among The Blind

The National Federation for The Blind was offended at the way blind people were portrayed the...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 19:37
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Music

Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan conductor Abreu win Polar Music Prize

Stockholm - British pop musician Peter Gabriel was Tuesday named co-winner of the Polar Music Prize...
» read full story May 12th, 2009 - 22:29

US actress Scarlett Johansson to host Nobel Peace concert

Oslo - US actress Scarlett Johansson was Tuesday named as one of the hosts of the upcoming Nobel...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 21:33
London Celebrates Nelson Mandela with Anniversary Concert

London Celebrates Nelson Mandela with Anniversary Concert

The 46664 concert in London celebrated both Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday and 20 years from the...
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Specials

Iranian Nobel laureate awarded German Dignity Award

Berlin (dpa) - Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi was awarded one of Germany's top prizes...
» read full story April 21st, 2009 - 21:22

Nobel laureate's papers found in rubble of German archives

Cologne, Germany - A novelist's papers, including the scroll awarding him the 1972 Nobel Prize for...
» read full story April 16th, 2009 - 20:49

Swiss to auction off Einstein's doctorate diploma

Geneva - An art house in Lucerne, Switzerland, will auction off this summer the doctorate diploma...
» read full story March 07th, 2009 - 13:02
Collection of MLK Papers Available Online for the First Time

Collection of MLK Papers Available Online for the First Time

Numerous groups across the United States are preparing various events in anticipation of the Martin...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 14:52
Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter Dies at 78

Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter Dies at 78

  British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, who has been considered the most influential and...
» read full story December 27th, 2008 - 15:11

Novelist Juan Marse wins "Spanish Nobel"

Madrid - Novelist Juan Marse, 75, was Thursday awarded the Cervantes Prize, regarded as the...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 22:24

Italian author Saviano and Rushdie discuss threats

Stockholm - Italian author Roberto Saviano and British- Indian author Salman Rushdie at a lecture...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 09:04
Pamuk criticizes blockage of YouTube access in Turkey

Pamuk criticizes blockage of YouTube access in Turkey

Frankfurt  - Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, criticized Turkey on...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 22:30
Paul Krugman Awarded 2008 Economics Nobel Prize

Paul Krugman Awarded 2008 Economics Nobel Prize

Today, October 13, Princeton University professor Paul Krugman was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 20:44
Nobel Jury Suspects Leak Due to Many Bettors Speculating on Le Clezio

Nobel Jury Suspects Leak Due to Many Bettors Speculating on Le Clezio

Was French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio known as a favorite to win this year’s Nobel Prize...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:47
Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize

Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize

One Japanese and two American scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry for taking the...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 15:07
French Writer Le Clézio Recipient of 2008 Nobel Literature Prize

French Writer Le Clézio Recipient of 2008 Nobel Literature Prize

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has become the 14th French writer to won the Nobel Prize in...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 15:16

Martti Ahtisaari Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo - Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish ex-president and veteran peace broker, has won this year's Nobel...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 12:17
Nobel Prize for Literature Goes To France

Nobel Prize for Literature Goes To France

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a French successful novelist, children’s author and essayist was...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 01:04

Spanish Wikipedia erroneously announces Le Clezio's death

Madrid - The Spanish edition of the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia on Thursday erroneously said...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 18:05
The Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to French Writer Le Clezio

The Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to French Writer Le Clezio

Thursday, October 9, French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the Nobel Prize for...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 17:52

Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to France’s Le Clezio

French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose early works stood out for their rich and...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:52

French Author Le Clezio Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

Stockholm - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, 58, of France was awarded this year's Nobel prize for...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:18
The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Shared By Three Scientists

The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Shared By Three Scientists

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to two Americans and one Japanese for their...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 14:40

Japanese, US Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Stockholm - Three US-based researchers shared the Nobel prize for chemistry Wednesday for work on...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 13:15
The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

On Monday, the Nobel committee awarded the famous prize to Dr. Luc Montagnier, a...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 21:44
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics Rewards 3 Scientists

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics Rewards 3 Scientists

Two Japanese scientists and an American will share the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2008. The Royal...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 20:22
The 2008 Nobel Prize For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers

The 2008 Nobel Prize For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers

The Nobel committee offered the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics to two Japanese scientists and a...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 14:30

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18

The Ig Nobels – Far From Ignoble

Harvard hosted, yet again, the 2008 edition of the Ig Nobel Awards. “Ig Nobel” is a clever...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 16:06
Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature to Be Announced Oct. 9

Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature to Be Announced Oct. 9

This year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in literature is only one step away from receiving the...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 14:55

Ig Nobel Prizes honour slime, Coke and jumping flea research

New York - High jumping fleas, fertile lap dancers and archeological armadillos - these were just a...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 09:38

Monika Hauser - A Champion of Sexual Victims of War

Stockholm - German-based gynaecologist Monika Hauser has spent 15 years helping women who have...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:12

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Elie Wiesel Turns 80

New York - Elie Wiesel survived Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp where his father, mother and...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 09:43
Long Live the Microchip!

Long Live the Microchip!

The microchip turned 50 on Friday! The integrated circuit is currently being used in almost all...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 10:46
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Health

Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Researchers at Genentech of South San Francisco and the Salk Institute of La Jolla have...
» read full story February 19th, 2009 - 15:57
Nobel Prize in Medicine Ends Debate between American and French Researchers

Nobel Prize in Medicine Ends Debate between American and French Researchers

The long-running debate between US researcher Robert Gallo and French scientist Luc Montaginer...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 15:30
2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three AIDS, Cervical Cancer Researchers

2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three AIDS, Cervical Cancer Researchers

2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology has been awarded to the German scientist Harald zur...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 14:30

Sarkozy Congratulates French Nobel Prize Winners

Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday personally congratulated Luc Montagnier and...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:16

Harald zur Hausen - Nobel honour for cancer research

Berlin - Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist who shared the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday,...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 15:37
Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 14:41
Vitamin C May Weaken Chemotherapy Effect

Vitamin C May Weaken Chemotherapy Effect

Wednesday, an United States study has revealed that higher doses of vitamin C might reduce the...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 22:57
Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist and gene researcher, has been named president...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:00

This Year’s Lasker Awards for Medical Research: Top Five

Akira Endo, a Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin drug, was...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:00

Thomas H. Weller, American Virologist Who Shared Nobel for Polio Work, Dies

Thomas H. Weller, the American virologist who shared a Nobel Prize for developing techniques to...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 13:08
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants $600 M for Med Research

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants $600 M for Med Research

The Howard Hughes Medical Institutes announced it will spend more than a half billion dollars to...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 16:28
A New Study Warns About Nanotechnology Cancer Risk

A New Study Warns About Nanotechnology Cancer Risk

A new study concluded that certain forms of carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as asbestos if...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 23:00
Ex Polish President Lech Walesa Leaves Clinic after Heart Surgery

Ex Polish President Lech Walesa Leaves Clinic after Heart Surgery

Former Polish President Lech Walesa was discharged from a Houston hospital Tuesday, four days...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 16:39
Antidepressant Might Lengthen Life

Antidepressant Might Lengthen Life

A team of U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday that according to a new study conducted on worms,...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 15:31
Cancer Patient Invents Possible Targeted Cure Of Cancer

Cancer Patient Invents Possible Targeted Cure Of Cancer

Researchers from University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer center and Rice University combined two...
» read full story November 03rd, 2007 - 09:22
First Lady Assumes Higher Public Role Outside U. S.

First Lady Assumes Higher Public Role Outside U. S.

This Sunday, on American television, Mrs. Laura Bush highlighted her role as the President’s...
» read full story October 29th, 2007 - 15:54
US and UK Researchers In Genetics Get Nobel 2007 Medicine Prize

US and UK Researchers In Genetics Get Nobel 2007 Medicine Prize

The successful manipulation of embryonic mice cells by a research team formed by Sir Martin Evans,...
» read full story October 08th, 2007 - 18:01
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Science

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists that used a protein taken...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:58
Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three US-based scientists, one of them...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 12:33

Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien - US scientists

Washington - Martin Chalfie, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University in New York,...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 21:45

2008 Nobel Prize In Chemistry, Also With Three Winners

The Nobel Prize is a foundation that celebrates discoveries and excellence in a number of fields,...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 20:18

Three Reseachers Get The Nobel In Physics

In 1895, Alfred Nobel’s will was the cornerstone of the Nobel Prize: one of the wishes written in...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 20:30
Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

The 2008 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 19:44
Ig Nobel Prize Winners Know How To Make Potato Chips Sound Fresher

Ig Nobel Prize Winners Know How To Make Potato Chips Sound Fresher

Each year, around the time when the Nobel Prize recipients are announced, the Ig Nobel Prize...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 15:00
Kavli Prizes Awarded to Seven Scientists

Kavli Prizes Awarded to Seven Scientists

The first recipients of the Kavli Prizes, awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 20:34
Howard Hughes Institute Grants $600M to 56 Scientists

Howard Hughes Institute Grants $600M to 56 Scientists

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded more than $600 million in research funding...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 22:42
Albany Medical Prize Goes to Female Researchers

Albany Medical Prize Goes to Female Researchers

For the first time in its eight-year history, the Albany Medical Center Prize went to two female...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 20:37
Visionary Physicist John A. Wheeler Dies At Age 96

Visionary Physicist John A. Wheeler Dies At Age 96

The world lost a remarkable scientific figure of the 20th century on the morning of April 13,...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 10:49
Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University Professor and president emeritus of the...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 12:14
Study Finds Global Warming To Reduce Atlantic Hurricanes

Study Finds Global Warming To Reduce Atlantic Hurricanes

What do we know about global warming in terms of positive effects? Not much, as the possible...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 12:36
Scientists Warn about Rapid Arctic Melt Due to Global Warming

Scientists Warn about Rapid Arctic Melt Due to Global Warming

The Arctic ice is threatening to become open water in an extremely short time due to global...
» read full story December 14th, 2007 - 17:24
New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

A new discovery made by the scientists from The University of Texas at Austin revealed that...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 00:14
UN Experts Warn of Irreversible Climate Changes

UN Experts Warn of Irreversible Climate Changes

United Nations experts have agreed on a 20-page draft report which warns of the effects of climate...
» read full story November 16th, 2007 - 21:37
Scientists Discover Clues About Cosmic Rays

Scientists Discover Clues About Cosmic Rays

In a joint effort a team of international scientists from nearly 90 research institutions has...
» read full story November 11th, 2007 - 20:46
Chemistry Nobel Winner Kornberg Dies at 89

Chemistry Nobel Winner Kornberg Dies at 89

American biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who isolated the first DNA polymerizing enzyme, has died....
» read full story October 28th, 2007 - 19:18
DNA Discoverer Retires after Race Goof

DNA Discoverer Retires after Race Goof

Molecular biologist James Dewey Watson, credited as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of...
» read full story October 25th, 2007 - 20:22
The German Scientist Gerhard Ertl Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The German Scientist Gerhard Ertl Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

This year’s Nobel for Chemistry was awarded to Gerhard Ertl, a German scientist, for his studies...
» read full story October 10th, 2007 - 13:13
Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded for HDD Head Technology

Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded for HDD Head Technology

France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg received the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics for...
» read full story October 09th, 2007 - 16:36
Biofuels Pollute More than Fossil Fuels?

Biofuels Pollute More than Fossil Fuels?

A new study to appear in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics has found that burning and especially...
» read full story September 22nd, 2007 - 20:55
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Technology

Obama’s League of Extraordinarily Green Gentlemen

Obama’s League of Extraordinarily Green Gentlemen

The hopes and dreams of pro-environment partisans all over America and the world are much closer to...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:27
Apple CEO’s Untimely Obituary Published

Apple CEO’s Untimely Obituary Published

Wednesday afternoon, Bloomberg Magazine released an obituary of Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chief...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 13:06
Hitachi Announces 4TB Disk Drives through New Head Technology

Hitachi Announces 4TB Disk Drives through New Head Technology

Hitachi Ltd. announced that its hard drive division is going to push way past today's storage...
» read full story October 15th, 2007 - 10:27
IBM Opens New Doors to Quantum Computing

IBM Opens New Doors to Quantum Computing

IBM is once again in the avant-garde of technological breakthroughs: its engineers have recently...
» read full story August 31st, 2007 - 23:11
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People

Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter Died on Christmas’ Eve

Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter Died on Christmas’ Eve

Harold Pinter lived his life through literature’s most important fields. Born in 1930, Pinter...
» read full story December 27th, 2008 - 08:10
Harold Pinter, a Playwright Who Really Made a Difference, Died on Christmas Eve

Harold Pinter, a Playwright Who Really Made a Difference, Died on Christmas Eve

Harold Pinter’s wife announced the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s death after a long...
» read full story December 25th, 2008 - 19:52

Actor Michael Caine to Co-Host Nobel Peace Concert

Oslo - British actor Michael Caine is to co-host the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 11:31
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Died at 89 in Moscow

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Died at 89 in Moscow

Brilliant Russian literature Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died at 89 in Moscow....
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 17:35
Frenchman Jean Nouvel Receives Architecture "Nobel"

Frenchman Jean Nouvel Receives Architecture "Nobel"

French architect Jean Nouvel, 62, received architecture’s top honor: the Pritzker Prize. He...
» read full story March 30th, 2008 - 20:33
“Gulag” Author Solzhenitsyn Will Receive Russian State Prize for Humanities

“Gulag” Author Solzhenitsyn Will Receive Russian State Prize for Humanities

Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn will be awarded the prestigious Russian State Prize for work...
» read full story June 05th, 2007 - 15:16
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Penguin Wins Back Publishing Rights on J. Steinbeck’s Works

Penguin Wins Back Publishing Rights on J. Steinbeck’s Works

A Manhattan federal appeals court reversed a ruling which had previously granted John Steinbeck’s...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 12:44
Societe Generale under ‘Shock’ after the Century’s Biggest Hit

Societe Generale under ‘Shock’ after the Century’s Biggest Hit

Societe Generale SA on Sunday accused trader Jerome Kerviel, 31of losing 4.9 billion euros ($7.2...
» read full story January 27th, 2008 - 21:06
Wolfowitz Out, Blair Could Be In

Wolfowitz Out, Blair Could Be In

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz announced his resignation Thursday, effective June 30, a World...
» read full story May 18th, 2007 - 12:59
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