Late physicist’s Nobel Prize medal donated to university where he had key idea
The late Professor Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize medal to the university where he proposed a…
Nobel laureate Spence on China: fix property, restore confidence – tariffs are secondary
Restoring confidence and stabilising the property market are “significantly more important” for China than the ramifications of tariffs,…
How did Chen-ning Yang miss out on a second Nobel Prize in physics?
Since the Nobel Prize began recognising exceptional achievements in science, literature and peace in 1901, only five scientists…
Legendary Nobel Prize winning physicist explains why intelligent people make terrible decisions
Shulman and his bandmate/brother Ray were impressed with their talented fill-in keyboardist, even recording a version of his…
China bids farewell to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a wreath to the funeral on Friday of Chen-ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning…
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang dies, aged 103
Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. Yang died…
From black holes to wormholes – welcome to the warped side of the Universe – The Irish Times
We live in a Universe that is, in parts, distinctly warped. It’s a feature that has intrigued Prof…
Nobel Prize not designed for someone such as Donald Trump – The Irish Times
This is one piece of gold that US president Donald Trump is never going to get his short,…
You go to bed dreaming of a Nobel Peace prize and wake up to find a guy with latex gloves – The Irish Times
Friday broke autumnal in Washington and, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with the disappointing news that the patriarch would…
Trump snub shows Nobel committee placed ‘politics over peace’, says White House – The Irish Times
In awarding the Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised “a woman…
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize – The Irish Times
With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves…
These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, a startup…