Elinor Ostrom, Oliver Williamson, share Nobel economics prizeOctober 12th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded Monday to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.
The prize - formally called The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - last year was awarded to Paul Krugman of the US.
Ostrom, Williamson, share Nobel Prize for EconomicsOctober 12th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded Monday to US researchers Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. Ostrom of Indiana Uiversity in Bloomington, Indiana, was cited "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", while Williamson of the University of California at Berkeley, California, was cited for "his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm."
The two laureates were to equally share the prize worth 10 million kronor ($1.4 million).
Herta Mueller wins Nobel for LiteratureOctober 8th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Romanian-born Herta Mueller of Germany has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm Thursday. The Academy's citation said that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, (she) depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
She was born Aug 17, 1953, in the German-speaking town of Nitzydorf, Romania.
Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel for LiteratureOctober 8th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Herta Mueller of Germany has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm Thursday.
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.
Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath win Nobel for ChemistryOctober 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, YonathOctober 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.
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.
Climate change talks must include water, say expertsAugust 24th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Participants at the World Water Week conference here have urged the governments to include the problem of water shortage in the negotiations on climate change. Access to drinking water has a significant impact on economy, health, agriculture and other spheres of life, they said.
Water, sanitation should be fundamental rights, say Nepali expertsAugust 22nd, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepali experts appealed to the government to establish water and sanitation as fundamental rights in the new constitution, The Kathmandu Post reported on Saturday. The paper quoted Rabin Lal Shrestha, research and advocacy manager at Water Aid in Nepal, a non-governmental organization, as saying that at the current rate of progress, the government will miss its ambitious target of providing water and sanitation to all by 2017.
Experts urge world leaders to include global water issue in Copenhagen climate dealAugust 21st, 2009 Experts: water issue crucial in world climate dealSTOCKHOLM — Thousands of scientists and experts urged world leaders Friday to include strategies for global water management in the planned Copenhagen climate agreement. Participants at the World Water Week conference said climate change will severely affect water supplies and poorer countries need support to help them adapt.
UN award for Gujarat sanitation bodyJune 24th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - Gujarat's Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) has been given the United Nations Public Service Award 2009 for their work in the field of "institutionalisation of community management and user's level participation in the drinking water supply". The prestigious international recognition of excellence for an Indian public organisation in the field of public service was received at a ceremony here Tuesday by V.S.
Indian activist wins Stockholm Water PrizeMarch 25th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh Sanitation Movement and inventor of a toilet system credited with improving sanitation across India was Wednesday named the winner of the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize. The award, worth $150,000, was created in 1990 to recognize achievements in water science, water management, water action or awareness building.
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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