Nobel Prize
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Einstein's Hidden 'Formula' for Happiness Sells for $1.5 MillionBy Laura Geggel Published
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What Have Gravitational-Wave Detectors Discovered? Find Out Today!By Mike Wall Published
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Photoelectric Effect: Explanation & ApplicationsThe photoelectric effect refers to what happens when electrons are emitted from a material that has absorbed electromagnetic radiation.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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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).
By Jeanna Bryner Published
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Female Firsts: 7 Women Who Broke Barriers in Science and TechHillary Clinton is the first woman to receive a major party's nomination. Here are seven other women who had historic "firsts."
By Sara G. Miller Published
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Physiology Pioneer's Nobel Prize Sells for Nearly $800,000One scientist's hard-earned golden prize just sold for a sizeable chunk of change.
By Elizabeth Peterson Published
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After 2015 Chemistry Nobel, is Traditional Medicine Now Mainstream?Opinion Traditional medical knowledge anywhere in the world has not even been on the radar for Nobel Prize prospects. Until now, that is.
By Marta Hanson Published
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Trio Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Finding DNA FixersThis year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists whose research helps explain how human beings continue to thrive despite an invisible disadvantage — their totally unstable DNA.
By Elizabeth Peterson Published
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Nobel Prize Medal Fetches Record-Breaking $4.76 MillionJames Watson has a new claim to fame: His Nobel Prize medal just sold for a record-breaking $4.76 million.
By Elizabeth Peterson Published