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2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Recognises Groundbreaking Protein Discoveries
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker for his work in computational protein design, and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for their AI model that predicts protein structures. These achievements advance our understanding of proteins, which are crucial for life. Their research could lead to innovations in pharmaceutical...
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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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Scientists Synthesise Next-Generation Wonder Material Graphyne, an Allotrope of Carbon, for the First Time
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, have successfully synthesised the long-hypothesised “next-generation wonder material” graphyne. An allotrope of carbon, graphyne is similar to graphene, which is highly valued by industry. Scientists believe the breakthrough research would open new possibilities for electronics, optics a...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honours Breakthroughs in Lithium-Ion Batteries
John B. Goodenough, who is considered an intellectual giant of solid state chemistry and physics, is the oldest person to ever win a Nobel Prize.
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"Oscar Of Science" Award For Team Behind World's First Black Hole Image
The 347 scientists who collaborated to produce the world's first image of a black hole were honored Thursday with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, winning $3 million dollars for what is known as the "Oscars of science."
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Turing Award Given to Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun for AI Breakthroughs
Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun were rewarded with the Turing Award, an honor that has become known as technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize.
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Bengaluru Teen Wins $400,000 Prize For Global Science Video Competiton
Sixteen-year old Samay Godika, a city school student, will receive $400,000 in educational prizes for himself, his teacher and his school, as he emerged winner in the fourth annual "Breakthrough Junior Challenge", a global science video competition.
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Har Gobind Khorana Is Today's Google Doodle: 5 Things To Know About The Nobel Prize Winning Biochemist
Google Doodle honours Indian-American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana on the occasion of his 96th birth anniversary today. Famous for constructing first synthetic gene, Har Gobind Khorana is recognized for his breakthroughs in science.
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Anurag Kashyap Wanted to be a Scientist and Win Nobel Prize
At the ongoing Jagran film festival, when Anurag Kashyap was asked if he studied Zoology by accident or choice, Anurag said "By choice. It was my childhood fantasy to win Nobel prize. I studied to be a scientist because I wanted to do something like that but then I gave up on that."
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Novak Djokovic on Verge of USD 100 Million Breakthrough
With USD 99,673,404 banked in prize money at the start of the French Open, Novak Djokovic can cross the USD 100 million barrier by making the last-eight of the tournament
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Scientists Win $3 Million for Detecting Einstein's Waves
The Breakthrough Prizes were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers.
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Scientists Win $3 Million For Detecting Einstein's Waves
Researchers who helped detect gravitational waves for the first time, confirming part of Albert Einstein's theory in a landmark moment in scientific history, will share a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize, according to the prize's selection committee.
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Three Science Ideas You'll Be Hearing More About in 2016
Who said scientists can't be world-famous celebrities? Earlier this month, nearly $22 million in Breakthrough Prizes were handed out to the world's top researchers in physics, the life sciences and mathematics.
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Science's 'Breakthrough' Winners Earn Over $21 Million in Prizes
Academia just turned a little more glitzy for a select group of scientists.
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2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Recognises Groundbreaking Protein Discoveries
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker for his work in computational protein design, and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for their AI model that predicts protein structures. These achievements advance our understanding of proteins, which are crucial for life. Their research could lead to innovations in pharmaceutical...
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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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Scientists Synthesise Next-Generation Wonder Material Graphyne, an Allotrope of Carbon, for the First Time
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, have successfully synthesised the long-hypothesised “next-generation wonder material” graphyne. An allotrope of carbon, graphyne is similar to graphene, which is highly valued by industry. Scientists believe the breakthrough research would open new possibilities for electronics, optics a...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honours Breakthroughs in Lithium-Ion Batteries
John B. Goodenough, who is considered an intellectual giant of solid state chemistry and physics, is the oldest person to ever win a Nobel Prize.
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"Oscar Of Science" Award For Team Behind World's First Black Hole Image
The 347 scientists who collaborated to produce the world's first image of a black hole were honored Thursday with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, winning $3 million dollars for what is known as the "Oscars of science."
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Turing Award Given to Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun for AI Breakthroughs
Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun were rewarded with the Turing Award, an honor that has become known as technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize.
-
Bengaluru Teen Wins $400,000 Prize For Global Science Video Competiton
Sixteen-year old Samay Godika, a city school student, will receive $400,000 in educational prizes for himself, his teacher and his school, as he emerged winner in the fourth annual "Breakthrough Junior Challenge", a global science video competition.
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Har Gobind Khorana Is Today's Google Doodle: 5 Things To Know About The Nobel Prize Winning Biochemist
Google Doodle honours Indian-American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana on the occasion of his 96th birth anniversary today. Famous for constructing first synthetic gene, Har Gobind Khorana is recognized for his breakthroughs in science.
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Anurag Kashyap Wanted to be a Scientist and Win Nobel Prize
At the ongoing Jagran film festival, when Anurag Kashyap was asked if he studied Zoology by accident or choice, Anurag said "By choice. It was my childhood fantasy to win Nobel prize. I studied to be a scientist because I wanted to do something like that but then I gave up on that."
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Novak Djokovic on Verge of USD 100 Million Breakthrough
With USD 99,673,404 banked in prize money at the start of the French Open, Novak Djokovic can cross the USD 100 million barrier by making the last-eight of the tournament
-
Scientists Win $3 Million for Detecting Einstein's Waves
The Breakthrough Prizes were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers.
-
Scientists Win $3 Million For Detecting Einstein's Waves
Researchers who helped detect gravitational waves for the first time, confirming part of Albert Einstein's theory in a landmark moment in scientific history, will share a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize, according to the prize's selection committee.
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Three Science Ideas You'll Be Hearing More About in 2016
Who said scientists can't be world-famous celebrities? Earlier this month, nearly $22 million in Breakthrough Prizes were handed out to the world's top researchers in physics, the life sciences and mathematics.
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Science's 'Breakthrough' Winners Earn Over $21 Million in Prizes
Academia just turned a little more glitzy for a select group of scientists.
