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Oldest living Nobel winner dies at 103

2012-12-31 11:41

Nobel medicine laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini, a neurologist and developmental biologist, has died at her home in Rome aged 103.

Nobel Peace Prize losing some of its prestige?

2012-12-07 10:58

Described as the most prestigious award in the world, the Nobel Peace Prize risks losing some of its lustre because unexpected and controversial choices of late.

EU Nobel Peace Prize unlawful - group

2012-11-05 17:39

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union is "unlawful" since the bloc is not a "champion of peace" as defined by the will of founder Alfred Nobel, the International Peace Bureau claims.

EU Nobel peace award sparks backlash

2012-10-12 14:00

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the crisis-torn EU has sparked a stunned Twitter backlash, many reacting with derision and anger, although some came to its defence.

Full list of Nobel Peace Prize winners

2012-10-12 11:36

Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded.

China writer wins Nobel literature prize

2012-10-11 13:54

Chinese writer Mo Yan has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.

2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize

2012-10-10 12:14

Two American scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for groundbreaking work on a key family of receptors which enable cells to sense their environment.

UK Nobel winner 'immensely grateful'

2012-10-08 16:29

British scientist John Gurdon, awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize with Japan's Shinya Yamanaka for work in cell programming, said he was "immensely grateful and astonished."

2012 Nobel Peace Prize - 231 nominations

2012-02-27 22:27

There are 231 nominations for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, including Manning and Tymoshenko.

Liberians weigh Sirleaf's Nobel win

2011-10-08 19:30

Liberians have weighed the potential impact of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Nobel Peace Prize victory, which has been slammed as an unfair boost.

Liberian election rival slams Nobel award

2011-10-08 15:14

A Liberian presidential candidate has slammed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as unacceptable and "provocative".

Nobel Prize award stands

2011-10-03 22:21

The Nobel Foundation says a decision to award the 2011 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology to Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman will remain unchanged despite his death.

Nobel winner died days before award

2011-10-03 16:22

Canadian cell biologist Ralph Steinman who has received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the immune system, died only days before getting the award.

Public to quiz Nobel winners

2010-10-22 10:00

YouTube, Facebook and the Nobel Foundation are giving members of the public the opportunity to ask questions of some of the 2010 Nobel laureates.

Wife meets Nobel prize winner

2010-10-10 13:39

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has met her jailed husband, activists have said.

Wife to meet Nobel winner Liu

2010-10-09 14:43

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is expected to visit him in prison to give him news of his award, a family member says.

Nobel writer prize anyone’s guess

2010-10-07 09:48

With European novelists dominating recent Nobel literature awards, experts are guessing that the Swedish Academy will look farther afield when it announces the 2010 winner.

Nobel winner was 'B student'

2010-10-06 15:42

Konstantin Novoselov, the Russian-born physicist who shared this year's Nobel prize, was a B grade student, says his university.

Geim, Novoselov win Nobel prize

2010-10-05 12:22

Andre Geim of the Netherlands and Russian-British national Konstantin Novoselov have won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize for pioneering work on graphene.

IVF discovery a 'Pandora's box'

2010-10-05 08:41

The pioneering technique that won Robert Edwards the 2010 Nobel Prize for medicine has opened up a wealth of scientific options and a Pandora's box of ethical dilemmas.

Apartheid remark slammed in Israel

2010-10-04 16:41

An Israeli Supreme Court has chastised an Irish Nobel peace laureate for calling Israel an "apartheid state" during her deportation hearing.

Denzel to host Nobel peace concert

2010-09-30 21:22

Organisers say Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

Obama speech 'a blockbuster'

2009-12-11 14:14

US media and leading opinion makers have had largely positive views of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace award speech in Oslo.

Obama defends war

2009-12-10 16:27

President Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30 000 more US troops to battle in Afghanistan.

Obama praises past Nobel winners

2009-12-10 12:54

A wartime president honoured for peace, Barack Obama has praised past Nobel winners for giving "voice to the voiceless".

 

Nobel Peace Prize handed to crisis-hit EU

2012-12-10 15:03

The European Union, facing its worst crisis in six decades, has officially been awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for turning Europe "from a continent of war to a continent of peace".

Mo Yan's silence on Liu Xiaobo angers

2012-12-07 10:45

Critics have reacted with anger after Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan brushed off concerns over censorship and refused to comment on jailed writer Liu Xiaobo.

China's Nobel feud with Norway still on

2012-10-31 13:00

China is signalling no end to a two-year-old frost in relations with Norway prompted by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo.

Nobel prize will encourage EU

2012-10-12 12:50

Former European Commission chief Jacques Delors says the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU will encourage countries of the bloc to deepen their co-operation despite crises.

Crisis-torn EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

2012-10-12 11:22

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the European Union, an institution currently wracked by crisis but is credited with bringing peace to a continent ripped apart by World War II.

Nobel Peace Prize: Who to pick?

2012-10-10 15:01

The field of possible winners for this year's Nobel Peace Prize is wide open, with observers saying it could go to Eastern European activism or the Arab Spring.

Quantum physicists win Nobel prize

2012-10-09 12:36

Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for work in quantum physics that could one day open the way to supercomputers.

Stem cell experts win Nobel prize

2012-10-08 11:49

British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology.

Nobel economists have no quick solutions

2011-10-10 21:31

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims who have shared the Nobel Prize in economics, say they have no easy answers to a global crisis one called simply "this mess".

Gbowee seeking absolute peace in Africa

2011-10-08 17:30

Nobel peace prize joint winner Leymah Gbowee says it is her goal to seek absolute peace in Africa and the world.

Physics Nobel for expanding Universe

2011-10-04 20:23

A trio of astronomers have won the Nobel Physics Prize for discovering that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, which implies that the cosmos will end in frozen nothingness.

Laureate's death causes Nobel conundrum

2011-10-03 20:30

The Nobel Committee is facing a conundrum, after it emerged that one of the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine had died.

Nobel winner laments internet

2010-12-06 22:35

Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has lashed out against today's fast-paced information society, saying it limits peoples' depth of thinking.

Wife of Chinese Nobel winner detained

2010-10-10 20:59

The wife of the Chinese activist Lu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, is being detained in her Beijing home.

Chinese fury over Nobel prize

2010-10-10 13:33

The wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has remained missing, amid reports police were taking her to a prison in northeast China to inform her husband of the prestigious award.

Peruvian wins Nobel writers' prize

2010-10-07 13:50

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world whose books were once publicly burnt, has won the 2010 Nobel Literature Prize.

Trio share chemistry Nobel Prize

2010-10-06 16:08

An American and two Japanese scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry for finding new ways to bind carbon atoms, a key step in the building of complex molecules.

Nobel physics winners used Scotch tape

2010-10-05 18:01

Two Russian-born scientists are sharing the Nobel Prize in physics for experiments with the strongest and thinnest material known, using Scotch tape.

Nobel for pioneer delights tube baby

2010-10-05 10:05

The world's first test tube baby says she is "delighted" that Bob Edwards, the pioneer who made her birth possible, has been awarded the Nobel Prize.

Vatican slams IVF Nobel win

2010-10-04 22:03

The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to British researcher Robert Edwards, the pioneer of in-vitro fertilisation, is "completely out of place," the Vatican's top ethics official has said.

Denzel to host Nobel peace concert

2010-09-30 21:22

Organisers say Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

Israeli rejects Nobel nomination

2010-02-24 18:04

Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has asked the Nobel Peace Prize committee to disregard his nomination for the prestigious award, a Nobel official has said.

US troops may 'stay indefinitely'

2009-12-10 19:01

US President Barack Obama says there will be no "precipitous drawdown" of US forces in Afghanistan and cautions that US troops could still be there for years to come.

Obama: Others 'more deserving'

2009-12-10 13:58

A humble US President Barack Obama has said that others may be "more deserving" of the surprise Nobel Peace Prize he was due to formally accept at a ceremony in Oslo.

Obama lands in Oslo for Nobel Prize

2009-12-10 09:51

US President Barack Obama has landed in Norway to accept his Nobel Peace Prize, amid controversy over his role as a "war president" and widespread doubts about whether he deserves the honour.

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