Latest about Nobel Prize
Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Scientists for Taking the Reins on Evolution
Evolution is unfolding in test tubes.
Scientist Robbed of Nobel in 1974 Finally Wins $3 Million Physics Prize — And Gives It Away
Jocelyn Bell Burnell shocked the physics world when she discovered radio pulsars. But the Nobel committee gave the 1974 award to her supervisor instead.
This Man Won the Top Prize in Mathematics — Then Someone Immediately Stole It
Caucher Birkar, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, won the 14-carat gold Fields Medal, math's version of the Nobel Prize. Then someone stole it.
Scientists Built a New Microscope to Watch Cells, and the Footage Is Breathtaking
Stunning new microscope images reveal human cancer cells slinking through blood cells and show molecules coursing through a zebrafish embryo's tiny ear canal.
Photoelectric Effect: Explanation & Applications
The photoelectric effect refers to what happens when electrons are emitted from a material that has absorbed electromagnetic radiation.
Japanese Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for Cell 'Self-Eating'
For illuminating the weird cellular phenomenon of "self-eating," Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Foundation announced this morning (Oct. 3).
