Method for building complex molecules helps fight cancer, protect crops _ and wins Nobel Prize

Trio wins Nobel for developing key chemistry tool

US, Japanese researchers win Nobel in chemistry

STOCKHOLM - Richard F. Heck of the US and Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki of Japan were Wednesday awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for their research on a method used to create advanced chemicals, it was announced in Stockholm.

2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel for cross couplings

2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel

UK-based scientists win Nobel physics prize for ultrathin carbon 100 times stronger than steel

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon

Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

2 professors in UK win Nobel Prize in physics

2 Russian-born scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

Russian-born scientists win Nobel Prize in physics

Russian-born duo share Nobel Prize for Physics

STOCKHOLM - Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov Tuesday shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for their pioneering work on graphene, a form of carbon, it was announced in Stockholm.

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

Geim and Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics

Nobel Prize 2010: Robert Edwards Named Winner

Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards of Britain wins 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine

Nobel Prize given for test tube baby research

Report: British scientist who developed test tube fertilization could win Nobel Prize

Report: Test tube scientist could win Nobel Prize

Japanese stem cell pioneer among possible candidates for Monday’s Nobel Prize in medicine

Stem cell pioneer mentioned for Nobel Prize

Rights activists from Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and Israel share 2010 ‘Alternative Nobel’

Rights activists share Alternative Nobel

STOCKHOLM — Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “alternative Nobel,” for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to Palestinians cut off from services.

Researchers say 21 pct of freshwater species in northern Africa threatened with extinction

Report: N Africa fish threatened with extinction

Huge ice island that broke off Greenland glacier could threaten offshore platforms, shipping

Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping

Court fines 29 activists for breaking into Swedish nuclear plant site

Sweden fines activists for nuclear plant break-in

Research group: China preparing for ice-free Arctic as global thaw uncovers new opportunities

Research group: China prepares for Arctic melt

UN climate change panel urged to review methods

STOCKHOLM - The United Nations was Tuesday urged to review the working methods of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), following recent disclosures of mistakes in the organisation’s reports.

Austrian-born American Walter Munk wins 2010 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences

American scientist wins geoscience prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences has awarded American scientist Walter Munk the 2010 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences for his research on ocean circulation.

Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009 for chromosome research, economics and literature

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