nobel prize
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Physicist Who Coined The ‘God Particle’ And Sold His Nobel Prize To Pay Medical Bills Dies At 96
Leon Lederman, the former head of the Fermi National Accelerator Lab and winner of the the Nobel Prize in physics in 1988, died at a nursing home in Idaho on October 3. He was 96.
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Huge Gravitational Waves Discovery Gets The Nobel Prize It Deserves
The Nobel Prizes are important and all. But if you’ve been paying attention to physics for the past two years, this year’s prize is akin to saying “my beautiful dog has won the Good Boy prize”. We’re very excited, but we aren’t surprised.
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Nobel Prize For Chemistry Awarded To Creators Of The World’s Tiniest Machines
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists for their pioneering work in developing molecular machines. These gadgets measure just a thousandth of a human hair in width, and they’re poised to revolutionise everything from manufacturing and materials to medicine and the functioning of the human body.
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The (Unknown) Inventor Of Bitcoin Nominated For The Nobel Prize In Economics
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is, as with most Nobel prizes, quite a big deal. Past laureates are a who’s who of economics — and starting in 2016, that list could include the inventor of Bitcoin. Assuming, of course, someone works out who that is.