Oct 9th, 2008 · The 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature is announced this morning and it's already drawing attention — for the wrong reasons. Last week, a Nobel official seemed to nix the possibility of an American winner when he said, "Europe still is the center of the literary world ... not the United States."
Oct 9th, 2008 · French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature. Antoine Compagnon, a professor of French Literature at Columbia University, offers his insight about the writer and his work.
Oct 9th, 2008 · The Swedish Academy announced Thursday that Jean-Maria Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature. The acadmy praised Le Clezio for his adventurous novels, essays and children's literature.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Three scientists — a Japanese citizen and two Americans — who created a method for unveiling the previously invisible machinery inside living cells, using a protein that glows in the dark, won the 2008 Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The 2008 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine went in part to two French researchers for discovering the virus that causes AIDS. The award was not shared by American Robert Gallo, who has also claimed a role in the discovery of HIV. Additionally, a German scientist got the prize for establishing the cause of most cervical cancers.