Nobel prize
Nobel Prizes awarded in pandemic-curtailed local ceremonies
World
December 6, 2021
Nobel Prizes awarded in pandemic-curtailed local ceremonies
LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes began receiving their awards on Monday in scaled-down local ceremonies adapted…
Medicine award kicks off week of Nobel Prize announcements
World
October 4, 2021
Medicine award kicks off week of Nobel Prize announcements
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The first of the 2021 Nobel Prizes is announced Monday with the naming of the winner, or…
EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about
World
February 2, 2021
EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the global Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition…
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
World
October 12, 2020
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two American economists won the Nobel Prize for improving how auctions work, research that underlies much of…
Economics award caps week of Nobel Prizes
World
October 12, 2020
Economics award caps week of Nobel Prizes
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics will be announced Monday, coming as much of…
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
Science
October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for…
3 win Nobel medicine award for discovering hepatitis C virus
World
October 5, 2020
3 win Nobel medicine award for discovering hepatitis C virus
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel…
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
World
October 5, 2020
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the…
A world redrawn: Nobel winner Deaton warns virus could worsen inequality
World
June 16, 2020
A world redrawn: Nobel winner Deaton warns virus could worsen inequality
The coronavirus outbreak has exposed existing inequalities but without reform, argues Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, it also risks making…
Egypt’s Mama Maggie nominated for 2020 Nobel Prize
Egypt
February 14, 2020
Egypt’s Mama Maggie nominated for 2020 Nobel Prize
Several national and international institutions and bodies, including the Canadian Parliament, have nominated Egypt’s Magda Gobran, better known as Mama…