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Eternal Life? Nobel Laureate Rita Levi Montalcini Turns 103

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Sun Apr 22, 2012 02:36 PM ET | 0

Has Dr. Rita Levi Montalcini unlocked the secret of eternal life? The oldest living and the longest-lived Nobel laureate in history, Montalcini celebrates today her 103th birthday. Read more

Eternal Life? Nobel Laureate Rita Levi Montalcini Turns 103

Nobel Peace Prize Honors Three Women

Posted Sun Dec 11, 2011 06:35 AM ET | 0

Liberia's president, a fellow Liberian "peace warrior" and a Yemeni activist were awarded the prize on Saturday in Oslo. Read more

Nobel Peace Prize Supports Arabic Women's Rights

Posted Fri Oct 7, 2011 06:00 AM ET | 0

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more

Israeli Wins Chemistry Nobel for 'Mosaic of Atoms'

Posted Wed Oct 5, 2011 04:40 AM ET | 0

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors Daniel Shechtman, 70, for his 1982 discovery of quasicrystals. Read more

2011 Physics Nobel: Accelerating Expansion of the Universe

Posted Tue Oct 4, 2011 05:34 AM ET | 0

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics honors a fundamental change in understanding the universe: the discovery that the universe was not only expanding, but also accelerating. Read more

Nobel Medicine Prize Winner Died Before Award

Posted Mon Oct 3, 2011 08:22 AM ET | 0

The Nobel Medicine Prize is awarded for ground-breaking work on the immune system. Read more

Top 10 Accidental Inventions

Posted by Amy Enchelmeyer Wed Aug 24, 2011 04:55 PM ET | 0

These inventors hit the science jackpot -- by accident. Read more

Pioneers Get Close-Up View of Miracle Material Graphene

Posted Mon Jul 25, 2011 02:21 PM ET | 0

Electrons move at 620 miles per second. Read more

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Posted Mon May 16, 2011 02:24 PM ET | 0

Young scientists receive awards in international competition. Read more

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Freed: Big Pic

Posted Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:15 AM ET | 0

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been freed from house arrest after spending 15 of the past 21 years in seclusion. Read more

Carbon Atom Pioneers Share Nobel Prize

Posted Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:15 AM ET | 0

A trio of chemists took the Nobel for their work which paved the way for revolutionary plastics and new cancer-fighting drugs. Read more

Russian-Born Scientists Win Nobel for Graphene

Posted Tue Oct 5, 2010 09:23 AM ET | 0

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win the Nobel Physics Prize for helping develop a new form of carbon. Read more

Father of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel Prize

Posted Mon Oct 4, 2010 11:45 AM ET | 0

Robert Edwards' work has helped millions of infertile couples have children. Read more

Support Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial by Searching the Internet

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Sun Jan 17, 2010 05:46 PM ET | 0

Construction recently began on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. (Image: MLK at a press conference. Photo taken by Marion Trikosko in 1964. Credit: Library of Congress) If all goes as... Read more

Support Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial by Searching the Internet

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:21 AM ET | 0

President Barack Obama was praised as a worthy Nobel Peace Prize winner although many admirers said the award was based on his potential, not his accomplishments. Read more