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How a so-so physics student finally won his Nobel
Masatoshi Koshiba, who built an underground water tank to detect neutrinos, has died at 94
4 min read22 Nov 2020Japan Nobel laureate Koshiba who found neutrinos dies at 94
Neutrinos offer a unique view of the sun’s inner workings because they are produced in its heart by the same process that causes the sun to shineKoshiba was active in science education for young people, and established a basic science foundation using his Nobel Prize award
1 min read13 Nov 2020A Nobel for your black hole thoughts
Gravitational force is so strong in a black hole that not even light can escape
6 min read16 Oct 2020Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson for improvements to auction theory
This year’s Economic Science Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have not just clarified how auctions work and why bidders behave in a certain way, but used their theoretical discoveries to invent entirely new auction formats for the sale of goods and services
3 min read12 Oct 2020Nobel literature winner Louise Gluck’s most famous lines
We respect, here in America / what is concrete, visible. We ask/ What is it for? - The Seven Ages
1 min read8 Oct 2020American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize 2020
The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
1 min read8 Oct 2020Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 awarded to American poet Louise Glück
The Swedish Academy on Thursday crowned the 2020 Nobel Literature Prize to Louise Gluck ’for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal’
1 min read8 Oct 2020Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
The Nobel Prize for Physics was announced on Tuesday by the Stockholm-based Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1 min read6 Oct 2020Nobel Prize 2020 for medicine awarded to 3 scientists for Hepatitis C virus discovery
The medicine prize carried particular significance in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has highlighted the importance that medical research has for societies and economies across the world
1 min read5 Oct 2020Nobel Prizes and Covid-19: Slow, basic science may pay off
Slow and steady success in science has made researchers hopeful in the fight against the pandemic. It even offers a glimmer of climate optimism
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