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Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, dies at 90

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Daniel Kahneman. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which prior…

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Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize: 5 Facts About Her

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Narges Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, along with five convictions. Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist, currently serving a 12-year prison sentence, has been honoured with the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi was bestowed with the honour “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human…

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Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Literature laureate Jon Fosse’s magnum opus in prose is ‘Septology’ which he completed in 2021. | Photo Credit: X/@NobelPrize The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature is being awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”, the Royal Swedish Academy announced on October 5, 2023. Literature…

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What Are Quantum Dots, The Tiny Crystals Behind Chemistry Nobel

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Most common everyday use of quantum dots is probably in “QLED” televisions (Representational) Paris: Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colours, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumours inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down. Three scientists won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for…

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2023 Chemistry Nobel Prize: What are quantum dots and what is the research that won the prize? | Explained

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Winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on the screen: scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexi Ekimov, for discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. | Photo Credit: AP/Claudio Bresciani The story so far: The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov on…

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Drew Weissman, Nobel-winning mRNA pioneer

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Dr. Drew Weissman arrives for the Ninth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Drew Weissman’s decades of research into mRNA technology paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines, finally earning a Nobel prize for the physician-scientist. The 64-year-old University of…

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Mahatma Gandhi Never Received Nobel Peace Prize. Panel Explains Why

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Mahatma Gandhi was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and finally in 1948 New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi was nominated several times but was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On the eve of his 154th birth anniversary, the Nobel Prize panel explained why Mohandas Gandhi, who became the symbol of non-violence in the 20th century,…

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Katalin Kariko, scientific maverick who paved way for mRNA vaccines

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Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko poses for a photo in Budapest, Hungary, May 27, 2021. Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Karikó is a professor at Sagan’s…

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