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2012 Japan Prize honors cancer fighters, magnet man

The 2012 Japan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious science and technology honors, has been awarded to three American medical experts who are fighting cancer as well as to a Japanese inventor whose magnet technology has implications for energy conservation.

By Bob Brown | 26 January, 2012 01:27

Tags: 2012 Japan Prize, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, Masato Sagawa, Nobel Prize, University of Chicago
Nobel Laureate thought call was a joke

When Brian Schmidt heard he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics he thought it was just a practical joke by some of his graduate students.

By AAP | 05 October, 2011 12:24

Tags: Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize for Physics
Australian scientist shares Nobel physics prize

Australian National University (ANU) astronomer Brian Schmidt has been named a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel physics prize for research that discovered the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace.

By AAP | 04 October, 2011 22:18

Tags: aap, ANU, astronomy, Brian Schmidt, High-z Supernova Search, Nobel Prize, physics, science, technology
The Internet is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Institute yesterday announced there are 237 nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Though the the institute doesn't normally disclose who made the list, an official did confirm to Computerworld that it includes the Internet.

By Sharon Gaudin | 12 March, 2010 06:16

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Father of fiber-optics snags share of Nobel Physics Prize

Charles Kao, whose work in the 1960s laid the foundation for today's long-distance fiber-optic networks, has won a share of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.

By Bob Brown | 07 October, 2009 00:39

Tags: Charles Kao, fibre optic, Nobel Prize