Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nobel Peace Prize is an honor that is awarded to an individual or an organization who does impactful work towards bringing ...

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The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards worldwide, established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor, engineer, and industrialist, famous for inventing dynamite. In his will, Nobel ...

December 9, 1958 - In December 1958, University of Nebraska alumnus George Beadle shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Edward Tatum for the discovery that genes act by regulating ...

The committee that awards the Nobel Prize said Friday that the physical symbols of the prize — a medal and diploma — can be given away, but the honor itself is “inseparably linked” to the winner.

Many have wondered why the Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu never won a share of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Physics for her experimental verification of parity violation. Mats Larsson and ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Nobel Prize-winning professor Albert A.

Three professors who look at how innovation — including technology — drives economic growth will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics. The winners are Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; ...