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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Drew Weissman of U.S., Hungarian Katalin Karikó for enabling COVID-19 vaccines
10Oct By adminNo Comments
Health

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Drew Weissman of U.S., Hungarian Katalin Karikó for enabling COVID-19 vaccines

Stockholm — The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Hungarian Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the U.S. for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the award Monday in Stockholm."Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times," the panel that awarded the prize said.Perlmann said both scientists were "overwhelmed" by news of the prize when he contacted them shortly before the announcement. In this April 13, 2022 file photo, Japan ...
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Nobel Prize in economics goes to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for research on workplace gender gap
9Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Nobel Prize in economics goes to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for research on workplace gender gap

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market.The announcement went a tiny step to closing the Nobel committee's own gender gap: Goldin is just the third woman to win the prize out of 93 economics laureates. She has studied 200 years of women's participation in the workplace, showing that despite continued economic growth, women's pay did not continuously catch up to men's and a divide still exists despite women gaining higher levels of education than men. "Understanding women's role in the labor market is important for society. Thanks to Claudia Goldin's groundbreaking research, we now know much more about the underlying ...
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Jon Fosse, the Nobel Prize, and the Art of What Can’t Be Named
6Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Jon Fosse, the Nobel Prize, and the Art of What Can’t Be Named

In Oslo, in September, I attended the preview of Jon Fosse’s play, “I Svarte Skogen Inne” (“Inside the Black Forest”). The theatre was small and dark, without a stage, and the scenery was minimal: a large illuminated rock in the middle, some scattered trees, and the audience members, many of whom were seated in folding chairs ringed around the rock. A trumpeter entered first, blowing long, melancholy notes, followed by a young man. The man explained that he had gone for a drive and, when his car had stalled, he had wandered into the woods. It grew darker and colder, and the audience heard the voices of an older man and an older woman speak about the young man, expressing their distress at the direction his life had taken. Then, without warning, a young woman appeared.She was called a youn...
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Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 awarded to Jon Fosse: All about the author |
5Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 awarded to Jon Fosse: All about the author |

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is awarded to Jon Fosse on October 5. The Norwegian author was announced as a winner of the prestigious award “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”The news was announced by the Nobel Prize on their social media today.The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy. The prize is worth 11 million Swedish crowns (approximately INR 8.30 crores).Jon Fosse said that winning the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 is both--overwhelming and scary, as per Reuters.Read AlsoFamous Syrian author and poet Khaled Khalifa dies at 59Syrian author Khaled Khalifa, known for his novels on the devastation of Aleppo during the civil war, has died at 59 from cardiac arrest. Despite his opposition to the ruling Baath party,...
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