All nobel prize articles – Page 6
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ReviewGene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of his journey from physics student to chemistry Nobel laureate
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BusinessBreaking the silence of RNA interference drugs
A wave of treatments is set to follow the first approval of an RNAi therapy
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NewsNobel laureate and molecular biology pioneer Aaron Klug dies
Electron microscopy innovator who worked in Rosalind Franklin’s group has died aged 92
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PodcastLosing the Nobel Prize by Brian Keating – Book club
Physicist Brian Keating lost the Nobel Prize, then went on to re-evaluate its worth and examine how it could be improved
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ReviewLosing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor
Is the Nobel prize advancing or hampering scientific progress?
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OpinionPassing through checkpoints
A new breed of cancer treatments highlights what’s possible when industry concentrates its efforts
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OpinionThe potential of promiscuity
Nobel recognition for a concept whose benefit to humankind is far from being truly realised
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NewsNobel chemist and GFP discoverer Osamu Shimomura dies aged 90
Green fluorescent protein isolated from jellyfish revolutionised the study of cellular processes
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OpinionReaddressing success
Prizes not only recognise excellence, they can challenge us to be better too
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FeatureHow chemical evolution took the 2018 chemistry Nobel prize
Emma Stoye has the full story of how Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter put evolution to work in the lab
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NewsThomas Steitz, Nobel laureate who unlocked the inner workings of the ribosome dies
Steitz shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
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Opinion‘Chemists dismissed us as being too biologically focused’
How directed evolution winning the chemistry Nobel is going to change my field
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NewsWhat is directed evolution and why did it win the chemistry Nobel prize?
If you’ve got questions about yesterday’s chemistry Nobel prize then we’ve got answers
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NewsChemistry Nobel prize awarded to pioneers of directed evolution
Top science gong recognises groundbreaking work that has harnessed evolution to produce biofuels and drugs
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NewsLive blog: directed evolution takes chemistry Nobel prize
Join us as we follow all the latest events in the build-up to chemistry’s premiere prize
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NewsLaser tools bag physics Nobel as first woman wins prize for 55 years
Arthur Ashkin, inventor of optical tweezers, shares honour with laser pulse pioneers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou
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NewsWhat is 'checkpoint therapy' and why did it win the medicine Nobel prize?
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo released the ‘brakes’ on our immune system to combat cancer
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NewsImmune-stimulating cancer treatment takes 2018 medicine Nobel
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo receive science’s highest honour for discovering how cancer stops immune cells from attacking
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FeatureAre the Nobel prizes good for science?
Philip Ball looks at whether prizes and awards help or hinder scientific progress