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Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 5, 2023 admin

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

October 4, 2023 admin

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

October 4, 2023 admin

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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Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry is awarded to

October 4, 2023 admin

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in Stockholm. Quantum dots have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps. They catalyse…

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2023 Nobel Prize in Physics: Seeing electrons through brief pulses of light | Explained

October 3, 2023 admin

This combo of pictures taken Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, shows from left, French scientist Pierre Agostini posing in his apartment in Paris, Scientist Ferenc Krausz speaking during a presentation at the Max-Plank-Institute of Quantum Optics in Munich, and French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier talking to journalists at Lund University, Sweden. The three scientists won the Nobel…

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Three scientists win for research on electrons in flashes of light

October 3, 2023 admin

The Nobel Prizes for 2023 in Physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier | Photo Credit: Nobelprize.org The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electro dynamics in…

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Drew Weissman, Nobel-winning mRNA pioneer

October 2, 2023 admin

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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Katalin Kariko, scientific maverick who paved way for mRNA vaccines

October 2, 2023 admin

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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Nobel Prize 2023 for Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work in mRNA vaccines

October 2, 2023 admin

The Nobel Prizes for 2023 in Medicine or Physiology has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”, The Royal…

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Things to know about the Nobel Prizes

September 30, 2023 admin

Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly awards. First up, as usual, is the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology, which will be announced Monday by a panel…

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