Three share Nobel Prize for discoveries in subatomic physics

Oct. 8, 2008

Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in subatomic particles, it was announced yesterday.

U.S. economist receives Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. economist received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his analysis of international trade and economic geography, the Nobel Foundation said Monday.

Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his mediation in hot spots around the world, the Nobel Foundation announced.

French writer Le Clezio wins Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Foundation in Sweden announced Thursday.

Three U.S. chemists share Nobel prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Three U.S. chemists share the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery of the green fluorescent protein, the Nobel Foundation said Wednesday.

U.S., Japanese physicists earn Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. and Japanese scientists earned the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on subatomic particle theory, Sweden's Nobel Foundation announced Tuesday.

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.

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by three people for discoveries of viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Swedish organization said.

Nobel laureate economist Hurwicz dies

MINNEAPOLIS, June 26 (UPI) -- Leonid Hurwicz, an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year, has died. He was 90.

Lessing unhappy with Nobel Prize win

LONDON, May 11 (UPI) -- Receiving the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 has had a good many negative consequences, British author Doris Lessing says.

Nobel recipient works on space telescope

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize recipient John Mather has been assigned to additional work on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Nobel winner Joshua Lederberg dead at 82

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Nobel Prize-winning scientist Joshua Lederberg, a pioneer in the field of bacterial genetics, has died in New York at the age of 82.

Gore attends Nobel ceremony

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Al Gore and the head of the U.N. climate-change panel Monday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

Gore unorthodox in travel plans for prize

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Al Gore took the path less traveled -- by celebrities anyway -- to reach Norway to pick up his Nobel Prize, going by train rather than limousine.

Gore to be honored at White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Nobel laureate Al Gore returns to the White House later this month for the first time since he lost the race for president to George W. Bush seven years ago.

Arthur Kornberg, synthesizer of DNA, dies

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Dr. Arthur Kornberg, the Nobel Prize-winner who was the first scientist to synthesize DNA, has died at a California hospital.