Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
The two female winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Sunday urged scientific institutions to change their career structures to help more women reach top positions.
With Dad a world leader and Nobel Prize winner, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could have been first in line when vaccinations began for swine flu. They weren't, the White House says. But that hasn't stopped complaints that President Barack Obama's daughters got preferential treatment.
Elinor Ostrom says it's an honor to be the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics — and she promises she won't be the last.
One scholar studies how best to manage resources like forests, fisheries and oilfields. A fellow American looks at why some companies grow so large. Together they're winners of this year's Nobel Prize in economics for groundbreaking work that could affect efforts to prevent another global financial crisis.
Date and time for announcement of the remaining 2009 Nobel Prize:
Why did President Barack Obama win the Nobel Prize? Does it have something to do with Afghanistan? Is the Nobel meant to reward accomplishments, or encourage future actions? What will the president do with the big cash prize?
— 1978: egyptian president anwar al-sadat and israeli prime minister menachem begin for middle east peace efforts, specifically the camp david peace accords signed on sept. Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel left vague instructions on how to select winners of the peace prize, but the committee typically selects candidates who have been involved in peace or democracy work for many years.
Herta Mueller is the 10th German to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Here is a list of German writers who have received the award.
A partial list of books by Herta Mueller, winner Thursday of the 2009 Nobel Prize for literature:
Excerpts from the Swedish Academy's citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature to Herta Mueller of Germany.
Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:
Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machinery within cells, research that's being used to develop new antibiotics.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Institute says Kao was honored for breakthroughs in fiber optics while Boyle and Smith were honored for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to awarded to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. The Karolinska Institute says the trio was honored for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.
Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
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.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea will send a delegation to the funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
In a June 22 story about a South Dakota underground science lab, The Associated Press reported erroneously that John Bahcall won a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize for physics for his solar neutrino work with Ray Davis Jr. Though Bahcall was a key collaborator in the neutrino experiment, it was Davis, Masatoshi Koshiba and Riccardo Giacconi who shared the 2002 physics prize.
Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass. He was 94.
US president on his way to Oslo to receive Nobel Prize for Peace just as he issues orders to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In meantime, majority of American public does not think Obama deserves prize. Neither do most Norwegians
President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
US President Barack Obama has collected his Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo. The accolade was awarded to Mr Obama in October for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".
Abdus Salam's 15th death anniversary went unnoticed recently. The 25th death anniversary of Waheed Murad that fell on the same day was celebrated with fanfare. They say nations which do not honour their great men cease to produce them.
Professor Phil Jones, director of the U.K.'s University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit said he stands by the science produced at the center but while the investigation takes place it was important that the CRU "continues its world leading research with as little interrup …
What if three of the world's Nobel Prize-winning activists got together for a jam session?
NEW DELHI: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks, on Friday said if there was a Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. ( Watch Video )
The recognition of Albert Camus as a Nobel Laureate led to a plan to move his grave. His son has objected on the grounds that his father wouldn't have wanted it this way. Geez, we don't even get to have our wishes granted after death, what a rip.
How would Jonathan Swift react to the inanities that for decades have issued from the minds and mouths of far too many recipients of a certain international prize for achievement in literature, economics, or peace? If the past truly is prologue, he would single out one of the tru …
On today's Planet Money: This month, Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics.
The world finally has a definitive answer to the age-old question about whether intelligence is the same thing as common sense. That answer, in case you've ever wondered, is a conclusive "no."
Jagland is fingered as the major proponent of awarding the Peace Prize to Obama, a decision that only 43% of Norwegians support.
John Tantillo applauds Letterman for apologizing in way consistent with his personal brand and also criticizes the Nobel Prize committee for their actions--while maintaining that Obama has handled the (undeserved) reward in the best way possible for his own personal political bra …
Friday's announcement that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize seemed to take everyone by surprise. Cynics scolded the Nobel Committee, claiming the freshman President has not done enough to earn the prize.
Anne Geyer got it right when she points out the Peace Prize is given to someone who has done the most to promote peace in world in the last year.
"The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving in to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement.
Pop quiz: What do Bertha von Suttner, Henri La Fontaine, Ludwig Quidde, Norman Angell, Arthur Henderson, Eisaku Sato, Alva Myrdal and Joseph Rotblat have in common? Answer: Barack Obama.
An interesting discussion of Obama's surge in Afghanistan, his expansion of the War of Terror into Pakistan, and how that relates to the Orwellian decision to award him the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the world of international aid, microcredit is a rock star. The practice of giving very poor people very small loans to start very small businesses has been hailed as one of the very few unambiguous success stories in the long, frustrating fight against Third World poverty.
Isn't it great that President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize? He'd been in office only 12 days when the Nobel nominations were due. That's a mere 288 hours for Obama to have been credentialed as President Peace.
In a departure from prevailing economic theory, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded Monday to two social scientists for their work in demonstrating that business people, including competitors, often develop implicit relationships that supplement and resolve p …
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- In a decision as shocking as Friday's surprise peace prize win, President Obama failed to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.
Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968. Ms Ostrom won the prize with fellow American Oliver Williamson for their separate work in economic governance.