STOCKHOLM | Xinhua | The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to two scientists, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday. This year’s laureates for the …
Read More »Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse
Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Norwegian author Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday. Fosse’s immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres, consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations, …
Read More »Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by 3 scientists
This year’s laureates “have succeeded in producing particles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena. The particles, which are called quantum dots, are now of great importance in nanotechnology,” said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Three scientists, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis …
Read More »Stockholm hosts Nobel Prize award ceremony 2022
Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held on Saturday in the Swedish capital. This year’s laureates received their awards in the Concert Hall. This year’s laureates include: Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger (physics); Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal (chemistry); Svante …
Read More »Egyptian Nobel prize winning chemist Zewail dies aged 70
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Nobel prize-winning Egyptian chemist Ahmad Zewail, who served as a science and technology advisor to US President Barack Obama, died Tuesday in the United States at the age of 70, Egypt’s presidency announced. Zewail, a naturalised US citizen, won the Nobel prize for chemistry in …
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