Nobel Prize

World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize for hunger fight

October 13, 2020 Dalatou Mamane, Frank Jordans and Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

NIAMEY, Niger — The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting hunger and seeking to end its use as “a weapon of war and conflict” at a time when the […]

2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

October 12, 2020 David Keyton, Frank Jordans and Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

STOCKHOLM — Two American economists won the Nobel Prize on Monday for improving how auctions work, research that underlies much of today’s economy — from the way Google sells advertising to the way telecoms companies […]

US, Kosovo, Serbia Nobel Peace nominees for White House deal

September 12, 2020 Llazar Semini, Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — A Swedish lawmaker said Friday that he has nominated the governments of the United States, Kosovo and Serbia for the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to secure a peace agreement between […]

Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

September 9, 2020 Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A far-right Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the […]

3 win chemistry Nobel; findings led to best-selling drug

October 3, 2018 North State Journal Staff

STOCKHOLM — Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a new best-selling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Frances Arnold […]

How we tick: U.S. ‘body clock’ scientists win Nobel medicine prize

October 2, 2017 North State Journal Staff

STOCKHOLM/LONDON – U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for unraveling molecular mechanisms that control our internal body clocks. These help explain how people […]