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Demis Hasabis: The story of a genius who solves life’s mysteries and won the Nobel prize
As if by a quirk of fate—or perhaps DNA, something he would explore extensively in his adult life—Demis Hassabis did not inherit a talent for music or the arts from his Cypriot father. In what seems to contradict genetic predisposition, he was instead endowed with a rare mathematical mind and an extraordinary ability to understand the sciences.
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Groundbreaking Research on Institutions and Prosperity
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize, to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson for their work on the impact of institutions on a country's economic prosperity.
Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson win economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.
Greek Cypriot scientist Demis Hassabis wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Greek Cypriot scientist Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, along with his two colleagues, US scientists David Baker and John Jumper, for their work in decoding protein structures and creating new proteins, leading to advancements in drug development.
Nobel Prize in Physics to Professors John Hopfield and Jeffrey Hinton
Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules
The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University.
Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2021 Nobel Prize for physics has been shared between scientists working on models to predict global warming and the interplay of planetary systems.
One half of the prize is split between Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for their work in the 'physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.'
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Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy.
Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming".
Bosnian War Victims Rally Against Peter Handke’s Nobel Award
Members of the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide and their supporters gathered on Tuesday in front of the Swedish embassy in Sarajevo to protest against the decision last month by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award the Nobel Prize for literature to author Peter Handke, who took a pro-Serb stance during wartime.
The Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work on Poverty
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have won the Nobel Prize in Economics, the Royal Academy of Sciences said.
The trio was honored "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty," the jury said.