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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.This article is brought […]

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a “large, rowdy family” that shared a single room with cattle they raised.This article is brought to you […]

More women will win Nobel prizes in the science disciplines in future as their numbers in labs and research teams grow, 2023 physics prize laureate Anne L’Huillier told AFP on Tuesday.This article is brought to […]

After an amusing game of phone tag, the Nobel Prize committee on Tuesday finally spoke to laureate Fred Ramsdell, who was hiking “off the grid” when the news broke.This article is brought to you by […]

One of this year’s Nobel winners is a leading medical researcher who also offers a shining example of work-life balance—so much so that he might not know he won.This article is brought to you by […]

This week, researchers reported that mild dietary stress supports healthy aging. Engineers created artificial neurons that can communicate directly with living cells. And dark energy observations suggest that the universe could end in a “big […]

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Donald Trump’s assault on science could threaten the United States’ position as the world’s leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.This article is brought to you by […]

This week, researchers identified a key driver of pancreatic cancer spread. Oral bacteria were linked to Parkinson’s disease via the gut-brain axis. And scientists are advising California legislators to prepare for destructive “supershear” earthquakes. Plus: […]

Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions—and some usage examples of our own.This article is […]