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).
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.
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.
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize (Second Lead)October 9th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama gets the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples", it was announced in Oslo Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
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.
Vayalar Ravi congratulates Ramakrishnan for winning Nobel Prize for ChemistryOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, has congratulated Indian American Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan on his being honoured with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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".
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.
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.
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, 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.
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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