Nobel Prize
3 scientists share Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA work
October 07, 2009By Tom Rivers Two Americans and one Israeli share this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work showing how the DNA code is translated into life itself. Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath from Israel were all...
3 US Based Scientists Capture the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 05, 2009By Tom Rivers Three U.S. based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected. The work casts important light on cancer and the aging process. Elizabeth Blackburn from the University...
German awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
October 10, 2007A 71-year-old German professor from Berlin on Wednesday was announced as the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry in Sweden. In a statement, the Nobel committee said Gerhard Ertl was awarded "for his studies of chemical processes on solid...