virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
This month, the Chinese press and online forums are saturated with coverage of Charles Kao’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Yet another overseas Chinese scientist has snatched the prestigious prize, this temporary moment of shared glory is quick...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
This month, the Chinese press and online forums are saturated with coverage of Charles Kao’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Yet another overseas Chinese scientist has snatched the prestigious prize, this temporary moment of shared glory is quickly turned into a more profound question: when would China produce its first indigenous Nobel Prize winner?
Physics and Physicists (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
And excellent article on the importance, and necessity, of fundamental, basic research in light of the Nobel Prize in physics this year. The problem the country faces is that the conditions in which Charles Kao, Willard Boyle, and George Smith made their breakthroughs are harder to come by today. Kao, for example, made his breakthroughs in fiber optics (the thin glass threads that now carry a vast...
BlatantNews.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith - the fathers of fiber optics and digital imaging - get the Nobel Prize for Physics, and multiple winners also recieved the Medicine and Chemistry Medals too. View a full list of all winners of the six medals, and reasons for the awards
Digital Cheeseburger (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Digital Cheeseburger - your daily diet of irresistible unhealthy stuff is an entertainment post from: Digital Cheeseburger - covering Celebrity News, Hollywood Rumors, Celebrity Gossip, Celeb Opinion Here is a list of all the 2009 Nobel Prize winners for their respective categories, and the reasons given by The Nobel Prize committee for awarding prizes to these recipients. Physiology or Medicine:...
3wan.net (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
[scientific american] The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics will be split among three researchers who laid the groundwork in the 1960s for today's digital-media and telecommunications infrastructure. The Nobel Foundation announced the prizewinners in a news conference this morning from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Half the prize will be awarded to Charles Kao, formerly of Standard...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
&$ &$Photos of three winners of the Nobel Prize in physics for 2009 are seen on a screen during an announcement ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2009. Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith on Tuesday won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of importance for the internet and data and telephone communications and the digital camera. (Xinhua/Wu Ping) &$ &$...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The following is a list of winners of the Nobel Prize in physics since 2000: 2009: Charles K. Kao (Britain and U.S.), Willard S. Boyle (U.S. and Canada) and George E. Smith (U.S.); 2008: Yoichiro Nambu (U.S.), Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa (Japan); 2007: Albert Fert (France) and Peter Grunberg (Germany); 2006: John C. Mather and George F. Smoot (U.S.); 2005: John L. Hall, Roy J. Glauber (U.S.)...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
&$ &$Photos of three winners of the Nobel Prize in physics for 2009 are seen on a screen during an announcement ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2009. Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith on Tuesday won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of importance for the internet and data and telephone communications and the digital camera. (Xinhua/Wu Ping) &$ &$...
Digital SLR Camera (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Nobel prize in Physics this year was granted on this last Tuesday for two fundamental discoveries for the current society of the information, that gave the bases for the communication for the internet and for the digital picture. To Real Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Charles Kao works. Kao, British-north-American of Chinese origin, for his conquests in the transmission of the light in...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
A look back at the week's biggest Google-related news stories: Google, Verizon unite on Android devices Verizon and Google have entered into an agreement to jointly develop wireless devices based on Google's open source Android mobile platform.During a teleconference Tuesday, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam and Google CEO Eric Schmidt outlined the companies' new strategic partnership that will see them...
KIJO (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
So apparently a controversial Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this week. Forget that one. Focus instead on the far geekier one that was also awarded this week. Why? Because we gadget lovers have a lot to be thankful for! The Nobel Prize for physics is the award in question, and it was actually split between two winners this year. The first, Charles K. Kao, is the man most responsible for making fiber...
Techno Portal (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
So apparently a controversial Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this week. Forget that one. Focus instead on the far geekier one that was also awarded this week. Why? Because we gadget lovers have a lot to be thankful for! The Nobel Prize for physics is the award in question, and it was actually split between two winners this year. The first, Charles K. Kao, is… Continue reading
Small Thoughts (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Obama received the Nobel peace prize this morning in a move that surprised even him. WHPS Gibbs had to wake him up just before 6 a.m. this morning to pass along the message. I woke up on my own this morning around 6 a.m., where's my Nobel? I support the President, but I think my reaction was along the lines of what Gibbs had to be thinking: "Oh god. How are we going to live up to this one?"...
techzene | 10/09/2009
Charles K.Kao (Standard Telecommunication Laboratories) is awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres" For List of All winners.Visit @ Current Affairs
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techzene | 10/09/2009
Charles K.Kao (Standard Telecommunication Laboratories) is awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres" For List of All winners.Visit @ Current Affairs
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switbd | 10/07/2009
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”, and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, Bell Laboratories,
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