Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died. Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel…
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Scientists share Nobel prize in chemistry for quantum dots discovery
Two American scientists and a Russian have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots, which helped…
View More Scientists share Nobel prize in chemistry for quantum dots discoveryNobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on electrons
Three scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physics for their work on creating extremely short pulses of light that can be harnessed…
View More Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on electronsScientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize
Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate…
View More Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prizeNobel prize winner Giorgio Parisi: ‘There’s a lack of trust in science – we need to show how it’s done’
The multi-prize-winning theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi was born in Rome in 1948. He studied physics at the Sapienza University in the city, and is now…
View More Nobel prize winner Giorgio Parisi: ‘There’s a lack of trust in science – we need to show how it’s done’Three ‘click chemistry’ scientists share Nobel prize
Three scientists who fuelled a revolution in chemistry by devising a way to “click” molecules together like Lego bricks, even inside living organisms, have been…
View More Three ‘click chemistry’ scientists share Nobel prizeSwedish geneticist wins Nobel prize for Neanderthal research
A Swedish geneticist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Pääbo won the 10m Swedish kronor (£867,000) prize announced on…
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