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Nobel Prize

Business Economy International 

2 Stanford Economists Win Nobel Prize for Improving Auctions

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
auctions, Nobel Prize

Two American economists won the Nobel Prize for improving how auctions work, research that underlies much of today’s economy — from the way Google sells advertising to the way telecoms companies acquire airwaves from the government.

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Health International 

World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Hunger Surges

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
food, Nobel Prize, nonprofit, poverty

The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger in regions facing conflict and hardship and at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has driven millions more people to the brink of starvation.

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Entertainment International 

American Poet Louise Glück Wins Nobel Literature Prize

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
literature, Nobel Prize, poetry

American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her “candid and uncompromising” work, which looks unflinchingly and with biting humor at loss and trauma, especially in family life.

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Science Technology 

2 Scientists Win Nobel Chemistry Prize for Gene-Editing Tool

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
diseases, genetics, Nobel Prize

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.

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Science 

Three Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
black holes, Nobel Prize, Research, space

Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe and that still confound astronomers.

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Health International Science 

3 Win Nobel Medicine Prize for Discovering Hepatitis C Virus

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
diseases, Hepatitis, Nobel Prize

Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.

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Government International 

Puzzlement in Ethiopia as Trump Claims Hand in Nobel Prize

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Donald Trump, Nobel Prize

Video of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he had a hand in the latest Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral in Ethiopia after Trump asserted that he had “made a deal” to save the country.

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Science 

Top Cosmologist’s Lonely Battle Against ‘Big Bang’ Theory

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Nobel Prize, space

James Peebles won this year’s Nobel prize in physics for helping transform the field of cosmology into a respected science, but if there’s one term he hates to hear, it’s “Big Bang Theory.”

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Arts International 

Massacre Survivors Protest Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bosnia, human rights, literature, Nobel Prize, protests

Bosnian war survivors, including mothers who lost husbands and sons in the Srebrenica massacre, protested Tuesday in Sarajevo, urging the Nobel Committee to reverse its decision to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature to Austrian writer Peter Handke.

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International 

‘People of Hong Kong’ Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
China, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Norway

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the “people of Hong Kong” for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, a move sure to arouse fury in Beijing.

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Economy International 

Economists Who Study Poverty Share Nobel Prize

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nobel Prize, poverty

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”

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International 

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Nobel Prize

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country’s two-decade border conflict with Eritrea.

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Arts International 

Two Nobel Prizes in Literature Awarded After Hiatus Last Year

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 MOLLY QUELL
literature, Nobel Prize, sex abuse

A Polish novelist and an Austrian writer were awarded Noble Prizes for literature Thursday, a rare double award that came after no prize was given last year due to sex abuse allegations in the organization that decides the winners.    

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International Science 

Nobel in Chemistry Awarded for Work on Lithium-Ion Batteries

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
batteries, Nobel Prize

Three scientists on Wednesday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and many other devices in an increasingly portable and electronic world.

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Science 

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Cosmologists

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evolution, Nobel Prize, planets, Research, space

Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and the Earth’s place in it.

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Science 

Nobel Medicine Prize Awarded for Work on How Cells Use Oxygen

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Medicine, Nobel Prize

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded Monday to two Americans and a British scientist for their discoveries of how the body’s cells sense and react to oxygen levels.

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Appeals Arts Criminal International 

Man at Center of Nobel Literature Scandal Loses Rape Appeal

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
literature, Nobel Prize, rape

The man with ties to the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature has lost his appeal to have his rape conviction and a two-year prison sentence reversed and has been convicted of a second rape.

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Arts International 

Another Member Quits Body That Awards Nobel Literature Prize

November 7, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
literature, Nobel Prize

A member of the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature says she is leaving the body that has been marred by sex-abuse and financial crimes scandals.

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International Science 

Japanese Nobel Chemistry Laureate Shimomura Dies at 90

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japan, Nobel Prize, obituary

Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. He was 90.

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Economy Environment International Technology 

2 Americans Win Economics Nobel for Work on Climate, Tech

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Climate change, Nobel Prize

Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for studying a pressing issue facing the global economy: how to deal with pollution and climate change and how to foster the innovation needed to tackle such problems.

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