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Nobel Prize for medicine: Two Americans, William G. Kaelin Jr. and Gregg L. Semenza, win with Peter J. Ratcliffe of Britain for learning how cells use oxygen
Two Americans and a British scientist won the 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for discovering how the body’s cells sense and react to oxygen levels, work that has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases, the Nobel Committee said. Doctors William G. Kaelin Jr. of Harvard University, …
How cells sense oxygen wins Nobel prize
Image copyright Getty Images Three scientists who discovered how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels have won the 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The award was shared by Britain’s Sir Peter Ratcliffe and two Americans, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza. Their findings affect our day-to-day life from exercise, to being at high …
How do you choose a Nobel Prize winner?
The winners of the 2019 Nobel Prizes are being announced between 7 and 14 October. Previous winners include Barack Obama, Toni Morrison, Bob Dylan, Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. The climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough are among the 300 plus nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize – but there are …
Research on postmen’s testicle warmth wins Ig Nobel
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The researchers used probes to measure the left and right testicles of 22 postmen and bus drivers Research measuring if there is a difference in temperature between the left and right testicles is one of the winners of this year’s spoof Nobel prizes. Fertility experts Roger Mieusset and Bourras …
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ”Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday …
Harry Kazianis: Trump’s unconventional North Korea strategy — is it worthy of a Nobel Prize?
In Washington, D.C.-area Asia circles last week, the rumor mill was buzzing with the news of a possible media event at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas during President Trump’s visit to South Korea. The other part of that rumor, that Trump would have a third summit, or at least a short meeting, …