Nobel chief warns of growing threat to science and free inquiry
The annual Nobel Prizes must “stand up” for scientific learning and free inquiry in an age when both are under growing threat ...
Q&A: Nobel Prize-winning researcher and BU grad discusses vaccine development, vaccine hesitancy, and preparing for another pandemic
Weissman was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Katalin Karikó for discoveries which made COVID-19 ...
Scientists create method for designing proteins that can bind and sense a range of small molecules
From growth hormones to cancer drugs, small molecules play a crucial role in our health. Monitoring them is essential to ...
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Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates
If Andrea Ghez had listened to her critics, one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries might yet remain unsolved. The UCLA astronomer won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for proving the existence of a ...
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Nobel Prize–Winner William Moomaw Stresses the Need for Large Trees in Newton
On Tuesday, the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton hosted the Nobel Prize–winning scientist William R. Moomaw.
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Scientists tune in to rhombohedral graphene's potential
Scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable semiconductors for advanced ...
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Ira Helfand to speak in Bloomington Wednesday
On Wednesday, Ira Helfand, a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and 2017 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will give a talk in ...