UK Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94
Peter Higgs theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery.
Wed Apr 10 2024
Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries
Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and US colleague Drew Weissman were pioneers of COVID-19 vaccines.
Tue Oct 03 2023
Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe, dead at 88, used words to preach pacifism
Oe who wrote about gruesome tales of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, died due to old age.
Mon Mar 13 2023
Sleuths of 'spooky' quantum science win Nobel physics prize
Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments in quantum mechanics.
Wed Oct 05 2022
Swedish geneticist wins Nobel medicine prize for decoding ancient DNA
Svante Paabo won the prize for "discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution," the Award committee said.
Tue Oct 04 2022
Harvard professor convicted by US jury of lying about China ties
Prosecutors alleged that Lieber, in his quest for a Nobel Prize, in 2011 agreed to become a "strategic scientist" at Wuhan University of Technology in China.
Wed Dec 22 2021
Why Africa is dominating literary prizes in 2021
Some of the world's biggest literary awards, including the Nobel, Booker and Goncourt, have gone to Africans this year.
Sun Nov 28 2021
And the 2021 Nobel Prizes go to men... so far
Scientists of both genders have already taken to social media to decry the lack of women recognized so far this year.
Fri Oct 08 2021
Manabe, Hasselmann and Parisi win 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
Manabe, 90, has U.S. citizenship, Parisi is Italian and Hasselmann is German.
Tue Oct 05 2021
Nobel Medicine Prize for COVID-19 vaccine? It may be too soon
If the work that went into developing the vaccines is not recognised when this year's prize is announced on Monday, it will win the award in years to come.
Fri Oct 01 2021
Prize winner? Welcome to Britain with relaxed visa requirements
Prize winners in the sciences and arts will have their applications to be able to live and work in Britain fast-tracked from Wednesday.
Wed May 05 2021
Creating better environments for women scientists
We need female role models and strong leaders who could inspire, motivate and affect change in the systems.
Wed Feb 10 2021
Million-dollar bash for Bob Dylan as Universal buys up his back pages
Dylan was playing about 100 dates a year on his "Never Ending Tour" until the coronavirus pandemic forced him to cancel his schedule.
Tue Dec 08 2020
American poet Louise Glck wins Nobel literature prize
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glck on Thursday "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".
Thu Oct 08 2020
'Masked men' detain Belarus opposition lawyer
Masked men detained one of the last high-profile opposition figures still free in Belarus.
Wed Sep 09 2020