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2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi "Violently" Arrested In Iran
Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.
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'Will End Tyranny': Nobel Winner Maria Machado's "Fight For Democracy" Vow
Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado will do her best to return to Venezuela to end the "tyranny" in the country, she said Thursday as she seized the spotlight in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding.
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Nobel Prize Winner, Chinese Physicist Chen-Ning Yang, Dies At 103
Chen Ning Yang was born in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching positions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
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You Get A Call From Sweden. Do You Answer? A Nobel Prize Winner Didn't
For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a long-awaited phone call honoring a discovery made decades ago.
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What Are Proteins Again? Nobel-Winning Chemistry Explained
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who have help unravel some of the enduring secrets of proteins, the building blocks of life.
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Discoveries Made By Nobel Prize Laureates In Physics Explained
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists on Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. Here's what they they all mean.
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Japan's Kenzaburo Oe, Novelist Who Won Nobel With "Poetic Force", Dies
Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised and challenged the conformity of modern society, has died aged 88.
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Philippine Nobel Winner Maria Ressa Acquitted Of Tax Evasion
Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the verdict a victory for "truth".
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The 2021 Nobels: An Almost 100 Percent Male Affair
Only one woman won Nobel Prizes this year for conferring "the greatest benefit to humankind".
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Global Day Of Parents 2021: Parent-Child Pairs Who Won The Nobel Prize
Global Day of Parents: Celebrated on June 1, Global Day of Parents is a special day for both parents and children. Did you know that there are seven parent-child pairs who were awarded a Nobel Prize? Find out here
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Gift Ghana Bags, Indian Books To Nobel Museum
Nobel prize winners Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have gifted to the Nobel Prize Museum here two important pieces associated with their research -- two bags made by women from Ghana and three books for children published by voluntary group Pratham in India.
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Fix Climate Crisis And Save Earth, Says Physics Nobel Prize Winner
Fix the climate crisis and save the Earth, one of this year's Nobel laureates for physics urged on Saturday, saying the idea of humans escaping our planet to live in other solar systems was farfetched and unrealistic.
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"When Economy Is In A Tailspin...": Abhijit Banerjee Advises Government
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard's Michael Kremer, said on Monday that the Indian economy is "doing very badly" even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem.
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"Immense Pride": Manmohan Singh On Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Indian-origin economist Abhijit Banerjee on Monday for getting the Nobel Prize and said his work on poverty alleviation and development of new techniques was truly pathbreaking.
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2023 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi "Violently" Arrested In Iran
Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.
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'Will End Tyranny': Nobel Winner Maria Machado's "Fight For Democracy" Vow
Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado will do her best to return to Venezuela to end the "tyranny" in the country, she said Thursday as she seized the spotlight in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding.
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Nobel Prize Winner, Chinese Physicist Chen-Ning Yang, Dies At 103
Chen Ning Yang was born in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching positions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
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You Get A Call From Sweden. Do You Answer? A Nobel Prize Winner Didn't
For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a long-awaited phone call honoring a discovery made decades ago.
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What Are Proteins Again? Nobel-Winning Chemistry Explained
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who have help unravel some of the enduring secrets of proteins, the building blocks of life.
-
Discoveries Made By Nobel Prize Laureates In Physics Explained
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists on Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. Here's what they they all mean.
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Japan's Kenzaburo Oe, Novelist Who Won Nobel With "Poetic Force", Dies
Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised and challenged the conformity of modern society, has died aged 88.
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Philippine Nobel Winner Maria Ressa Acquitted Of Tax Evasion
Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the verdict a victory for "truth".
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The 2021 Nobels: An Almost 100 Percent Male Affair
Only one woman won Nobel Prizes this year for conferring "the greatest benefit to humankind".
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Global Day Of Parents 2021: Parent-Child Pairs Who Won The Nobel Prize
Global Day of Parents: Celebrated on June 1, Global Day of Parents is a special day for both parents and children. Did you know that there are seven parent-child pairs who were awarded a Nobel Prize? Find out here
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Gift Ghana Bags, Indian Books To Nobel Museum
Nobel prize winners Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have gifted to the Nobel Prize Museum here two important pieces associated with their research -- two bags made by women from Ghana and three books for children published by voluntary group Pratham in India.
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Fix Climate Crisis And Save Earth, Says Physics Nobel Prize Winner
Fix the climate crisis and save the Earth, one of this year's Nobel laureates for physics urged on Saturday, saying the idea of humans escaping our planet to live in other solar systems was farfetched and unrealistic.
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"When Economy Is In A Tailspin...": Abhijit Banerjee Advises Government
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard's Michael Kremer, said on Monday that the Indian economy is "doing very badly" even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem.
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"Immense Pride": Manmohan Singh On Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Indian-origin economist Abhijit Banerjee on Monday for getting the Nobel Prize and said his work on poverty alleviation and development of new techniques was truly pathbreaking.
