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Nobel prize ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirusTraditionally, the lavish Nobel ceremonies are held Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, at an ornate city ...
- Nobel Prize ceremony to be held online this year, laureates to get their medals in their countries
The laureates will receive their medals and diplomas next week.
- Pandemic foils Nobel prize festivities
The Nobel prizes are traditionally awarded at formal ceremonies on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of prize creator Alfred N...
- Breaking the glass ceiling: Women win big at Nobel 2020, four female laureates get recognition
Like the prizes themselves, the Nobel committees awarding them are also male-dominated.
- Americans Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win Nobel prize in economics
The award caps a week of Nobel Prizes at a time when much of the world is experiencing the worst recession since World War II because of th...
- This is the first time in my life I've been without words: WFP head David Beasley on Nobel Peace Prize
The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. The Nobel Committee said that the coronavirus ...
- Nobel prize winner Charles M Rice thought it was a 'crank call'
Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monda...
- Nobel Prize in medicine jointly awarded to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton, Charles M Rice for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
The discovery of the scientists allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis C.
- Nobel Prizes and coronavirus: Favour slow, basic science over quick fix remedies
Science builds upon previous work, with thinkers "standing on the shoulders of giants," as Isaac Newton put it, and it starts with basic re...
- Nobel prizes in year marked by pandemic: Experts note lack of a clear frontrunner for Peace award
No prizes are expected to be awarded this year for work directly linked to the coronavirus.
- Less razzmatazz, no swanky gala: Nobel Prizes to go ahead amid Covid-19 sans Sweden's glitterati
The awards attract huge attention every year.
- Safety, efficacy main concerns with Russia's COVID-19 vaccine: Nobel laureate Peter Doherty
Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology along with the Russian Direct Investment F...
- Over 100 global leaders appeal to declare covid-19 vaccines a common good
Over 100 global leaders, thinkers and industrialists including Ratan Tata, NR Narayana Murthy, Kailash Satyarthi and Shabana Azmi have join...
- Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed collects Nobel Peace Prize, urges people to unite against ethnic violence
Abiy won the Nobel for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with Eritrea.
- James Allison, Tasuku Honjo win Nobel Prize in Medicine for cancer research
The duo showed how different strategies for inhibiting brakes on the immune system that can be used in cancer treatment.
- Winners get ready as the Nobel season begins with Medicine Prize
No Literature Prize will be given out for the first time in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal.
- Nobel 2017 season opens with medicine prize
The Nobel medicine prize committee at the Karolinska Institute is first out to announce its choice of laureates.
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