Per Crucem ad Lucem (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
‘The Nobel Peace Prize committee might well have made truly worthy choices, prominent among them the remarkable Afghan activist Malalai Joya. This brave woman survived the Russians, and then the radical Islamists whose brutality was so extreme that the population welcomed the Taliban. Joya has withstood the Taliban and now the return of the warlords [...]
Global Warming: A Worn-Out Hoax (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Nobel genius Al Gore has invented steel that can drill through materials as hot as “several millions of degrees,” necessary to tap geothermal energy. The necessary annealing of steel at minus 2 million degrees Kelvin is easier than getting global warming from carbon dioxide, unless the global warming is computer aided. Gore figured both out; [...]
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh, known for making forthright comments, today said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Straight from GreenBeat 2009, we bring you former vice president and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. I’ll be live-blogging this session — so it won’t be perfect or word-for-word, but it will be fast! We’ll pull out the gems as soon as we can. Laura Ipsen, Cisco System’s smart grid guru is introducing Al Gore right now, highlighting his many achievements and awards. He’s...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
If you want to donate a prize to charity, be sure to plan ahead.
How books got their titles (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
On 12 December 1969 a bomb exploded at a bank in the Piazza Fontana, Milan, killing 16 people and injuring scores more. Several anarchists were immediately arrested, and one, Giuseppe Pinelli, a 41-year-old railway worker, died after three days in police custody when he plummeted from a fourth-storey window. No charges were brought against the police. This was the event that inspired Dario Fo’s...
GIVING YOU THE END (Free subscription) | yesterday
billboard in brighton beach, england it's a quiet saturday night. i'm sitting amidst the ever-present clutter of my desk -- next week , i think, next week, i'll make time to tidy up and clean -- a clutter that is as warm and comforting and wholly me as my penchant for yellow walls and starry, sandy nights -- watching the lights turn off, room by room, in the apartments next door, listening to the rumble...
The Mess That Greenspan Made (Free subscription) | yesterday
After just spotting the headline of this WSJ story and then reading the first paragraph or two, it seemed a sure target for ridicule, particularly since that's what is done around here most of the time. But, after reading the whole report, that view had to be reconsidered. Chávez Discounts Accuracy of GDP President Hugo Chávez wasn't pleased with data released this week that showed the...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nobel Prize winner and former vice president Al Gore gave a wide-ranging, passionate talk at VentureBeat’s GreenBeat 2009 conference yesterday in San Mateo about combating global warming. We already liveblogged Gore’s talk , but for folks who don’t want to read the blow-by-blow description, here’s a summary. Perhaps the most significant point: That energy efficiency is “the...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Future generations will ask: Were you watching "Dancing with the Stars?" During the Tech Awards in San Jose on Thursday night, Former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore was given...
The Technology Chronicles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Future generations will ask: Were you watching "Dancing with the Stars?" During the Tech Awards in San Jose on Thursday night, Former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore was given...
Daisy's Dead Air (Free subscription) | yesterday
At left: Mr Cyril is now 7 months old! Like everyone else in the USA, I am presently bustling, rustling, hustling... and trying to dig out from under mounds of email (as well as real-life junk mail), Mr Daisy's comics and kitty detritus, to prepare for the holiday week coming up. How is everything with you? I have decided to run for County Council, as I mentioned here . I figure it can't hurt. I know...
American Presidents Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I admit it – when I was looking up the information for my last series of posts, I got distracted looking at other winners in all the fields (I had to find my personal favorite....actually not a US President, so if you are really curious, you'll have to check out my personal blog ), but I found a fun little connection to share, so hey, I can call it productive time! Marie Curie shared the 1903...
The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday
In chemistry laboratories that have produced Nobel Prize-winning research, wastebaskets are overflowing as administrators cut back on cleaners.
Terra Sigillata (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denise Gellene in the New York Times is reporting this morning that Scottish physician, Sir John Crofton, passed away on 3 November at age 97. Crofton is best known for implementing a combination drug regimen to treat tuberculosis, the insidious lung infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis which decimated the US early last century and still kills 2 million a year worldwide. The concept of using...
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rekon | 10/08/2009
ndian-American Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz from United States and Ada Yonath of Israel won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their pioneering work on the ribosomes, which may help develop new medicines in decreasing the sufferings of the humanity. Chemistry Nobel Prize 2009
rekon | 10/08/2009
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level,
krishpatel1212@gmail | 10/08/2009
Nobel Prize for Chemistry of Life | Nobel Chemistry Prize: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Cracking chemistry's mystery may be a hard nut for many, but for this trio, including two US citizens Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and an Israeli Ada E Yonath, playing with chemistry is merely a fun. For their acumen and expertise in chemistry, they have been awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The announcement
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