Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for work on artificial intelligence

CNN — The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their “foundational discoveries” that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. “Although computers cannot think, machines can now mimic functions such as memory and learning. This year’s laureates in physics have helped make this possible,” the Nobel …

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Egypt Independent October 8, 2024

5 Nobel-worthy discoveries that haven’t won the prize

The best minds in science will be thrust from academic obscurity into the spotlight next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine are announced. The accolades, established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel more than a century ago, celebrate groundbreaking work that can take decades to complete. It’s notoriously tricky …

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Egypt Independent October 7, 2024

To hide his crimes, Microcredit ‘godfather’ Muhammad Yunus uses Nobel Prize as shield

There already is growing media buzz as on January 1, 2024, a labor court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, delivered a significant

Weekly Blitz January 5, 2024

As they prepare to accept her Nobel prize, jailed activist’s children believe they’ll never see her again

Oslo, Norway CNN — At the age of four, Ali Rahmani realized his family would never lead an ordinary life. He remembers the Iranian Revolutionary Guard arresting his father. Since then, he and his twin sister Kiana’s lives have been a series of arrests, separation and exile. If one parent is present, the other is in prison. Now …

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Egypt Independent December 11, 2023

Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging

CNN — The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue. The prize was won by Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov, the Nobel committee …

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Egypt Independent October 4, 2023

Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

CNN — This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, which were crucial in curtailing the spread of Covid-19. The Nobel Prize committee announced the prestigious honor, seen as the pinnacle of scientific achievement, in Sweden on Monday. It praised …

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Egypt Independent October 2, 2023

University of Pennsylvania duo wins Nobel prize for work that led to COVID vaccine

Two scientists won the Nobel prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Kariko, a professor at Sagan’s … Continued