Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, YonathOctober 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Israeli woman, Americans potential Nobel chemistry winnersOctober 7th, 2009 Israeli woman potential Nobel chemistry winnerSTOCKHOLM — If Nobel judges are looking to improve the balance of women winning the chemistry prize, Israeli scientist Ada Yonath could be a strong candidate when the award is announced Wednesday. Yonath's pioneering work in understanding how cells build proteins could make her a contender, possibly along with American George Feher.
Indian origin scientist wins Nobel Prize in ChemistryOctober 7th, 2009 LONDON - Indian origin senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 along with two others. The Nobel Committee announced on Wednesday that the Tamil Nadu born Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel Prize with Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) for their "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath win Nobel for ChemistryOctober 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Kao, Boyle and Smith jointly awarded Nobel for PhysicsOctober 6th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Charles K. Kao, Willard S.
Countdown to Literature Nobel: Amos Oz? Mahasweta Devi? Odds are...October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bookies are betting heavily on Israeli author Amos Oz to win the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced Thursday, though odds are accepted for a long list of authors including India's Mahasweta Devi. Blogs and literary groups discussing the prize agree that it is not quite predictable, but the benchmark for discussion is set by the British bookies, Ladbrokes, which has been accepting bets on the prize winner for a while.
Three US scientists win Nobel Prize for medicineOctober 5th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the US have won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm Monday. The three scientists solved a fundamental problem in biology on "how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way and how they are protected against degradation", the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute said.
Somalia-based al-Shabaab may attack US: FBI DirectorOctober 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller has expressed fears that al Qaeda-linked Somalian terrorist group al-Shabaab may attack America. Mueller was responding to a question whether al-Shabaab would send American recruits back to the U.S.
Nobel glory, $1.4 million check await handful of world's top scientistsOctober 2nd, 2009 Nobel glory awaits handful of top scientists
STOCKHOLM — It's the moment of glory that scientists, writers and champions of peace worldwide dream of. Next week a select few will get a $1.4 million phone call from Scandinavia.
FBI Director concerned about Al-Qaeda using Pak, Afghanistan as sanctuaryOctober 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Top US security officials have expressed concern over terrorists brewing up plots to attack America from the Pak-Afghan border area. "My greatest concern still is the ability of Al Qaeda to use Pakistan and Afghanistan as a sanctuary," The Daily Times quoted FBI Director Robert Mueller, as saying.
Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' tops world literature pollSeptember 25th, 2009 LONDON - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has topped the list of books that have most shaped world literature of the last 25 years. Other books that made it to the varied list include 'Dreams of My Father' by US President Barack Obama, 'he Satanic Verses' by Sir Salman Rushdie, and 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov.
Nobel laureate Kim Dae Jung deadAugust 18th, 2009 SEOUL - Nobel laureate and former South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, 83, died Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency said, quoting hospital sources. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate died at 1.42 p.m.
Cambridge University honours Nobel laureate Amartya SenJune 13th, 2009 LONDON - Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Cambridge. The degree was conferred on him on Friday by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House in Cambridge.
Hate literature, militant videos up for sale again outside Lal Masjid in LahoreApril 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Days after the release of Maulana Aziz, the sale of hate literature and militant videos have once again started near Lal Masjid. The publication and distribution of hate literature and militant videos has been banned by the government, but such materials propagating 'jihad' have once again surfaced, and are being openly sold out side the Lal Masjid, the Dawn reports.
Nobel Literature Prize body announces new memberMarch 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Literature Prize, Friday named author and literary critic Lotta Lotass as one of its members. Elected by secret ballot, Lotass was to succeed long-serving member Sten Rudholm who died in November at age 90.
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