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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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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
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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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Nobel Physics Winner's Big AI Worry: "These Things Could Eventually"
Geoffery E Hinton said he was an avid user of AI tools such as ChatGPT, but also conceded that he had concerns about the potential impact of the technology.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Winner Denied Medical Care: UN Experts
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month.
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List Of Potential Nobel Physics Prize Winners That Are To Be Announced Today
Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field.
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Nobel Prizes Struggle With Wide Gender Disparity... This Year Too
All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature have been men, re-igniting a recurring debate about diversity in the highly coveted awards, particularly those in science.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Winners: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi
Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy for climate models and the understanding of physical systems.
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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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Nobel Prize 2019: Complete List Of Winners
From 1901 till 2018, 908 laureates and 27 organisations have received the Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Prize In Physics Awarded To James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz
The 2019 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded on Tuesday to Canadian-American physicist James Peebles for -theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology-, Swiss astrophysicist Michel Mayor and astronomer Didier Queloz for -the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.-
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Max Born's 135th Birth Anniversary: Google Celebrates Nobel Prize Winner's Birthday With A Doodle
Without Max Born's development of the field of Quantum mechanics, today's modern world would perhaps not have been the same. Quantum mechanics is a part of physics which studies matter at the smallest form possible.
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Gravitational Wave Pioneers Kip Thorne, Barry Barish And Rainer Weiss Win 2017 Nobel Physics Prize
Scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for decisive contributions in the observation of gravitational waves, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
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It's Been 53 Years Since A Woman Won The Nobel Prize In Physics. Why?
When the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics were announced Tuesday, some folks in the science community were disappointed that the honor had not gone to the researchers behind this year's historic detection of gravitational waves.
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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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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
-
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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Nobel Physics Winner's Big AI Worry: "These Things Could Eventually"
Geoffery E Hinton said he was an avid user of AI tools such as ChatGPT, but also conceded that he had concerns about the potential impact of the technology.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Winner Denied Medical Care: UN Experts
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month.
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List Of Potential Nobel Physics Prize Winners That Are To Be Announced Today
Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field.
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Nobel Prizes Struggle With Wide Gender Disparity... This Year Too
All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature have been men, re-igniting a recurring debate about diversity in the highly coveted awards, particularly those in science.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Winners: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi
Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy for climate models and the understanding of physical systems.
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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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Nobel Prize 2019: Complete List Of Winners
From 1901 till 2018, 908 laureates and 27 organisations have received the Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Prize In Physics Awarded To James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz
The 2019 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded on Tuesday to Canadian-American physicist James Peebles for -theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology-, Swiss astrophysicist Michel Mayor and astronomer Didier Queloz for -the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.-
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Max Born's 135th Birth Anniversary: Google Celebrates Nobel Prize Winner's Birthday With A Doodle
Without Max Born's development of the field of Quantum mechanics, today's modern world would perhaps not have been the same. Quantum mechanics is a part of physics which studies matter at the smallest form possible.
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Gravitational Wave Pioneers Kip Thorne, Barry Barish And Rainer Weiss Win 2017 Nobel Physics Prize
Scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for decisive contributions in the observation of gravitational waves, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
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It's Been 53 Years Since A Woman Won The Nobel Prize In Physics. Why?
When the winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics were announced Tuesday, some folks in the science community were disappointed that the honor had not gone to the researchers behind this year's historic detection of gravitational waves.
