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Research on understanding DNA segregation earns top award for young life scientists

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created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For his research of DNA segregation, assembly and regulation of bacterial actin-like proteins, and cytoskeleton, Ethan Clark Garner, a regional winner from North America, has been named the Grand Prize winner for the GE & ...





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Swedish probe into Nobel corruption to close: prosecutor

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sweden is to close its investigation into allegations of corruption at the heart of several of the prestigious Nobel prize science committees, a prosecutor announced Friday.


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Virtual mobility for disabled wins Second Life prize

Technology / Internet

created May 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

An organization that lets people with disabilities virtually climb mountains and hike trails shared top honors in a first-ever Second Life prize for in-world projects improving real-world lives.


Big prize for 'small science' physicist

Big prize for 'small science' physicist

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.


Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee (AP)

Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.


Daniel Spielman Presenting Gödel Prize Lecture

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...


Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.


Graphene pioneers follow in Nobel footsteps

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Two physicists from The University of Manchester who discovered the world's thinnest material have scooped a major award for their work.


Stem cell pioneers among Nobel Prize candidates

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday.


Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Association for Women in Mathematics has named Hannah Alpert, a third-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago, a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics ...


New physics theory prize names first recipient

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering theorist and Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson has been named the first recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Anderson will receive a $10,000 honorarium ...



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