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Lauren Schneider • October 7, 2024
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun recognized for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene expression
Olivia Gieger • October 9, 2023
The third woman to win the award illuminates workforce gender gap
Alexa Robles-Gil • October 6, 2023
Narges Mohammadi lauded for her fight for women's freedom
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovations in theater and poetry
Avery Orrall • October 5, 2023
Fosse was applauded for his ability to “give voice to the unsayable”
Jenaye Johnson • October 4, 2023
Their development of tiny "quantum dot" particles revolutionized LED and QLED technologies
Kohava Mendelsohn • October 3, 2023
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier created pulses of light on the scale of attoseconds to study the energy and movement of electrons
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Dawn Attride • October 2, 2023
Their work led to the development of critical mRNA vaccines that slowed the spread of COVID-19
Alice Sun • September 18, 2023
Wildlife celebrities are becoming more common. Whether this harms or helps conservation depends on how we engage with these critters’ stories online
Calli McMurray • August 9, 2023
The dark sky is only accessible to people with the means to travel to it. That needs to change
Timmy Broderick • October 10, 2022
The laureates’ work highlights both the necessity and instability of banks in the modern economy
Alice Sun • October 7, 2022
The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized three awardees for their efforts to document war crimes and abuses of power
Anna Gibbs • October 6, 2022
Ernaux was lauded for her “uncompromising” search for self within society’s constraints
Madison Goldberg • October 5, 2022
The “revolution” in chemistry has allowed for new ways to study disease and develop drugs
Gwendolyn Rak • October 4, 2022
Three experimental physicists were recognized for their foundational experiments in the field
Gina Jiménez • October 3, 2022
Svante Pääbo was recognized for his discoveries into the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution