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The world’s smallest light bulb developed by a team of researchers lead by Chris Regan, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA, is said to be 100,000.
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Myanmar’s military government tightened security as the country’s pro-democracy party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to...
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Nobel Learning Communities Inc., which runs more than 180 private schools, said Thursday that its board has unanimously rejected a $13.50 per share takeover bid by...
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“Ragtime” novelist E.L. Doctorow and Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul were among the 14 finalists announced Wednesday for the Man Booker International Prize,...
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Nobel laureates and celebrities have joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu in urging China to stop “verbally abusing” Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the...
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President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy are believed to be among a record 205 nominations for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Lech Walesa will be barred from entering Venezuela if the Nobel Peace Prize laureate attempts to come to lend his support to...
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The head of the Nobel Foundation on Tuesday rejected criticism against all-expenses-paid trips that prize jurors made to China and said it was “normal” for...
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Nobel Prize jurors who accepted all-expenses-paid trips to China to discuss the coveted awards are being investigated on suspicion of bribery, a Swedish prosecutor said...
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American actress Scarlett Johansson, British actor Michael Caine and other entertainers said they hope their performances Thursday at the Nobel Peace Concert draw...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari urged President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to start his term by giving “high priority” to the Mideast...
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Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1980:
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The prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded annually on Dec. 10 in twin ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. Here is a look at this year’s winners and their work:
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Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari says the United States and other powers can no longer sit back and watch Israel and Palestinians destroy each other if the goal is...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari says Serbia must recognize past wrongs in its relationship with Kosovo before it is ready to join the European Union.
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The U.S. unemployment rate could reach 10 percent without a “very effective” stimulus package, 2008 Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Monday.
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Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace...
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Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear.
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A scientist-turned-van driver in Alabama whose work helped two other men win this year’s chemistry Nobel Prize is headed to Sweden to watch them collect the...
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Three 2008 Nobel laureates from the United States lined up with President George W. Bush on Monday for an Oval Office photograph to mark their achievements.
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Three 2008 Nobel laureates from the United States lined up with President George W. Bush on Monday for an Oval Office photograph to mark their achievements.
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“Crayon Physics,” a video game something like a childhood daydream come to life, has gotten its eagerly awaited sequel.
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The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday chose Michigan State University for a $550 million cutting-edge nuclear physics research facility that could attract top...
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The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday chose Michigan State University for a $550 million cutting-edge nuclear physics research facility that could attract top...
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Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles...
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that two Japanese citizens and an American share the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics.
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Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
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Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in...
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Scientists have switched on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the device they hope will unravel some of the remaining mysteries of the universe.
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Be a bit of a pain if it did, wouldn’t it? And the most frustrating thing is that we won’t know for sure either way until the European laboratory for...
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Who says science doesn’t turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance _ about high-energy particle physics.
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Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - world’s most powerful particle accelerator at CERN in Europe. Looking for ‘Higgs Boson’, an elementary partcile,...
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The largest machine ever made to explore the world’s tiniest particles will be launched next month with an initial attempt to fire beams around a 17-mile circular...
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About The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will become the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. Its main...
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If you had ever wanted to know how a bullet travels in slow motion, when fired, you will be able to see it for real in detail, thanks to a camera developed by the...
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Before your imagination goes jumping around trying to figure out what you can actually do with a material that goes invisible, let me tell you that this has nothing to...
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According to calculations done by physicists of the University of St Andrews the normally attractive Casimir force between two surfaces can be made repulsive. The...
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Levitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists. Beijing saleswoman demonstrates toy...
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The designers at New York City based Fluxxlab studio have come up with the unique idea of creating sustainable energy from otherwise wasted human energy from the...
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