Nobel Prize and Discoveries

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (431+ words) Newswise DOE SCIENCE NEWS SOURCE American Physical Society honors Argonne scientist and chief communications officer as 2026 fellows Richard Schaller and Katie Yurkewicz recognized for their contributions to physics research The American Physical Society honors Richard Schaller and Katie Yurkewicz with…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (149+ words) The UCLA chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) has received two honors: the Outstanding ACS Student Communities Award, a rarity among Tier 1 research universities, and the 2025–26 Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award. The Outstanding ACS Student…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (619+ words) For chemists designing reactions to make medicines, the work of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai has been decisive. - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 goes to Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai for asymmetric synthesis discoveries For chemists designing reactions to make…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (692+ words) Every fall, the winners of that year’s Nobel Prizes are announced. Announcements for the 2026 prizes kicked off this Oct. 5 and will continue to be released throughout Oct. 12, as detailed on the official Nobel Prize website. This year’s Nobel Prize winners…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (217+ words) YaleNews In its citation, APS noted Mingarelli’s “pioneering contributions to pulsar timing array theory and gravitational-wave astrophysics, including foundational frameworks for anisotropic gravitational-wave backgrounds and the advancement of multimessenger gravitational-wave astronomy.” APS is a nonprofit membership organization that advances the…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (253+ words) Presentation Speech by Professor Måns Ehrenberg, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2009 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, In 1998 Thomas Steitz solved the so called phase problem for…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (246+ words) UA.NEWS Scientists discover a new form of bismuth vanadate — ScienceDaily Scientists studying the transformation of molecular precursors during heating have identified several previously unknown intermediate materials. Among them is a new kinetically stabilized form of bismuth vanadate, BiVO4, called β…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (56+ words) AIMA Media Unlocking the Universe, Brain, and Global Justice: The Epoch-Making Breakthroughs of the 2026 Nobel Prizes The 2026 Nobel Prizes celebrate monumental achievements across physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace that fundamentally expand human understanding and address critical global challenges....

12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (157+ words) Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognised for discoveries that led to optogenetics, a technique that lets scientists switch individual nerve cells on or off using light Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (278+ words) STOCKHOLM — Discoveries involving light-activated brain switches, polar neutrino detectors and self-replicating chemical reactions took the 2026 Nobel Prizes in the sciences this week, highlighting basic research that has moved into medical treatment, pharmaceutical manufacturing and international security. This report is based…...