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).
2009 a record year for women Nobel winnersOctober 12th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The shared Nobel economics prize for Elinor Ostrom of the US Monday further underscored that 2009 was a record-year for women prize winners. Ostrom, of Indiana University in Bloomington, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize for economics.
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.
Nobel Peace Prize - trivia and moreOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - The Nobel Peace Prize, the world's most recognised award for efforts to bring about global peace, was founded by Alfred Nobel, who gave a chunk of his personal fortune to fund the prizes. The first Nobel Peace Prize was given in 1901.
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2009October 9th, 2009 OSLO - United States President Barack Obama has been surprisingly given the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 for his extraordinary efforts in strengthening international diplomacy and for taking landmark initiatives to create a nuclear-free world. Announcing the award here, an official of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that Obama was yet to be informed about the award, and would receive the award on December 10 this year.
PM congratulates Indian-American Ramakrishnan on Nobel honourOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated Dr.
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".
Nobel for Ramakrishnan: Gujarat's MSU celebratesOctober 7th, 2009 VADODARA - As Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with two others Wednesday, the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in this Gujarat city - where he did graduation in physics - reacted with pride and joy. "We knew one day he will win a Nobel prize," said J.S.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, YonathOctober 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Excerpts: Citation for 2009 Nobel Prize in physicsOctober 6th, 2009 Excerpts from 2009 Nobel physics prizeExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics to Charles K. Kao, Willard S.
Kao, Willard and Boyle win Nobel Physics PrizeOctober 6th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Charles K. Kao, Willard S.
A look at women who have won Nobel Prizes since 1901October 5th, 2009 A look at women who have won Nobel PrizesOnly 37 women have received Nobel Prizes since they were first handed out in 1901. The latest — Elizabeth H.
Facts about next week's Nobel Prize announcementsOctober 2nd, 2009 Facts about next week's Nobel Prize announcementsThe winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the next two weeks, starting with the medicine prize on Monday. Here are some brief explanations of how the award winners are picked and announced.
Aage Bohr, Danish Nobel prize winner and son of nuclear physicist Niels Bohr, dies at 87September 10th, 2009 Denmark's Nobel prize winner Aage Bohr dies at 87COPENHAGEN — Aage Bohr, a nuclear physics professor and Nobel laureate like his father, has died. He was 87. Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1975.
Aage Bohr, Danish Nobel prize winner, son of nuclear physics giant Niels Bohr, diesSeptember 10th, 2009 Denmark's Nobel prize winner Aage Bohr diesCOPENHAGEN — Aage Bohr, a nuclear physics professor and Nobel laureate like his famed father Niels Bohr, has died at age 87. Bohr in 1975 became the second Dane to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
STOCKHOLM - Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith have won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics, it was announced in Stockholm Tuesday.
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