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A Brief History of the Nobel Prize

Dec. 10, 2009
A look at Alfred Nobel's greatest legacy and its recipients
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Nobel chemistry prize

Nobel chemistry prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Two U.S. and one Israeli scientists have been selected to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the building blocks of proteins.

Author questions Nobel Peace Prizes

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The author of a book about Alfred Nobel's will says the late industrialist wouldn't be happy with some of the Nobel Peace Prizes given out in his name.

Smoot donates Nobel prize money to charity

BERKELEY, Calif., March 23 (UPI) -- University Of California-Berkeley astrophysicist George Smoot is donating his Nobel Prize money to a charitable fund for science education.

Nobel Prize win linked to longer lifespan

LONDON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- British scientists have suggested winning a Nobel Prize could potentially lead to the addition of nearly two years to a person's overall lifespan.

U.S. economist takes Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. economist Edmund Phelps has been chosen to receive the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics for research on the relationship between employment and inflation.

Aussie firms buy Norway's Dyno Nobel

SYDNEY, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Two big Australian companies are teaming to pay $1.7 billion for Norway's Dyno Nobel, an explosives company.

Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 11 (UPI) --

Hungarian wins Nobel Prize for Literature

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz has been selected to receive the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. The pr

2 U.S. economists win Nobel prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9 (UPI) --

Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 7 (UPI) --
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic