Trump’s Nobel Prize Obsession Is About More Than World Peace
In his inaugural address, President Trump said his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” But critics ...
Abel Prize Awarded to Japanese Mathematician Who Abstracted Abstractions
Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems.
Why mathematician Masaki Kashiwara was awarded this year’s Abel Prize
Named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, the prize is considered to be equivalent to a Nobel Prize in the field ...
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Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates
If Andrea Ghez had listened to her critics, one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries might yet remain unsolved. The UCLA ...
Nobel chief warns of growing threat to science and free inquiry
The annual Nobel Prizes must “stand up” for scientific learning and free inquiry in an age when both are under growing threat ...
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Mathematician wins 2025 Abel prize for tools to solve tricky equations
Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, seen by some as the Nobel of mathematics, for his contributions to algebraic ...
Q&A: Nobel Prize-winning researcher and BU grad discusses vaccine development, vaccine hesitancy, and preparing for another pandemic
Weissman was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Katalin Karikó for discoveries which made COVID-19 ...
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Nobel Prize–Winner William Moomaw Stresses the Need for Large Trees in Newton
On Tuesday, the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton hosted the Nobel Prize–winning scientist William R. Moomaw.
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How Trump could win, and deserve, a Nobel Peace Prize
The planet is not what usually takes priority in his America First worldview, but he would be right. If Trump succeeds, he ...
Eight new books, including a Nobel Prize winner, YA romantasy and a year in Seoul
This week’s reviews feature something for all genre lovers, from a post-colonial coming-of-age story to an anthology of the ...