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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to US duo Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA, which plays a critical role in regulating gene activity. Their research, conducted at prestigious institutions like Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, has provided fundamental insights into how organisms develop…

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US duo Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun win Nobel medicine for microRNA discovery

Scientists win prize for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Al Jazeera

The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements

The Nobel prizes award season is kicking off with the announcement of the winner of this year’s medicine award

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Nobel Prizes 2024: How do nominations work?

Here’s a look at all those who can nominate people for the Nobels. The list is long – very long.

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Cancer, Cardiovascular Drugs Tipped For Nobel As Prize Week Opens

Cancer research or drugs treating cardiovascular illnesses could win a Nobel Prize on Monday when a week of laureate announcements kicks off, bringing a ray of optimism to a world beset by crises.

International Business Times

Nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk: ‘We live with violence and misogyny like some sort of constant illness’

The Polish author on her new horror novel, the genius of John Cheever and chasing the London of her dreams

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Nobel Prize Announcements Amid Global Conflict And AI Advancements

Explore the upcoming Nobel Prize announcements and potential laureates in peace and science amidst global challenges.

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The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

Wars, a refugee crisis, famine, and artificial intelligence could all be recognized with Nobel Prizes

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Upcoming Nobel prizes offer glimmer of hope as global crises mount

Next week's Nobel Prize announcements will crown achievements that made the world a better place, a glimmer of optimism amid a spiralling Middle East conflict, war in Ukraine, famine in Sudan and a collapsing climate.

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You can count female physics Nobel laureates on one hand – recent winners have wisdom for young women in the field

Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, only five have been women. This is a very small number, and certainly smaller than 50% – the percent of women in the human population.

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‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

From the swimming habits of dead trout to the revelation that some mammals can breathe through their backsides, a group of leading leftfield scientists have been taking their bows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 34th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Not to be confused with the actual…

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Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses

Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications

The Guardian - UK

Waiting for owners: former Chelsea home of Samuel Beckett for sale for £5.5m

48 Paultons Square has been home to two Nobel Prize winners: dramatist Samuel Beckett, who lived there in 1934, and physicist Patrick Blackett from 1953 to 1969

Evening Standard

Japanese co-founder of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki awarded ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’

Ramon Magsaysay Award recognises filmmaker for creating animated movies that tackle complex issues and make them accessible to children

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Tsung-Dao Lee obituary

Theoretical physicist who won the Nobel prize with Chen Ning Yang in 1957 for their work on subatomic particles

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The week in theatre: The Years; Pericles – review

Extraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. And a fairytale take on Pericles

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Bill Gates' Pursuit Of Nobel Prize Linked To Epstein

Explore Bill Gates' controversial ties with Jeffrey Epstein and workplace behavior, raising questions about his judgment and conduct.

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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the new leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?

The Nobel Prize winner and long-time foe of Sheikh Hasina, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty by providing microfinancing

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97

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The Years review: This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience

A stage version of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece, in which five women play the author throughout her life, manages the extraordinary feat of intricately telling the story of a whole life in less than two hours

Al Jazeera

A ‘tribunal for Putin’ from a Nobel Prize-winning Ukrainian rights defender

Oleksandra Matviichuk spent years documenting alleged Russian war crimes but the events of 2022 still shocked her.

The Guardian - UK

‘Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more’: five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir to the stage

As a play of the Nobel prize-winner’s memoir The Years opens in the UK, the actors playing her at different ages – including Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee and Romola Garai – talk about what the work means to them

International Business Times

Russia Denies Jailed Campaigner Orlov's Plea For Freedom

A Moscow court on Thursday upheld a prison sentence against Nobel Prize-winning rights advocate Oleg Orlov, after the campaigner compared Russia's justice system to that of Nazi Germany.

The Conversation

The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

This week, in a devastating story about Alice Munro’s complicity in the sexual abuse of her youngest daughter, we discovered how Munro, a Nobel Prize-winning author acclaimed for her uniquely Gothic interpretation of women’s lives, actually lived her feminism.

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The five scholars who won two Nobel prizes – and what sets them apart

There is often much debate about who is the greatest among sportsmen and women, movie stars, leaders or artists. But some scholars have truly made a staggering difference to the world.

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