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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for development of cryo-electron microscopy to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
October 4, 2017
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for development of cryo-electron microscopy to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by three researchers for the development of cryo-electron microscopy – a method of…
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Gravitational Wave discovery to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne
October 3, 2017
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Gravitational Wave discovery to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne
Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday that it had awarded the 2017 Nobel Physics prize. The prize, established…
Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of mechanisms for biological clocks
October 2, 2017
Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of mechanisms for biological clocks
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was decided by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute. Jeffrey C.…
Released sea turtle carries oceanographer’s ashes out to sea
October 1, 2017
Released sea turtle carries oceanographer’s ashes out to sea
A rescued green sea turtle named Picasso was released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, carrying the ashes…
Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
September 3, 2017
Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for…
US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
August 31, 2017
US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
Opening a new era in cancer care, US health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own…
Cardiothoracic surgery team removes 500g tumor from 56 year-old woman
August 28, 2017
Cardiothoracic surgery team removes 500g tumor from 56 year-old woman
A cardiothoracic surgery team at Sheikh Zayed Specialized Hospital, in the 6th of October City, performed a surgical procedure on…
NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches
August 18, 2017
NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches
Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors, the twin Voyager spacecraft, are carrying sounds and music of our…
Rare crocodile eggs hatched at Cambodian conservation center
August 15, 2017
Rare crocodile eggs hatched at Cambodian conservation center
Nine eggs of an endangered crocodile species found in the wild in June and taken to a conservation center in…
US in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21
August 6, 2017
US in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21
It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse. The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on…