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In a sense, his touch-me-nots were not just responding to light; they were able to predict or anticipate the day and night even in constant darkness!

The body clock

Their discovery was that the complex body clock has a simple framework of operation.

24 Dec 2017 12:35 AM

The statistics vary depending on the discipline: the economics prize has been by far the most unattainable for women. The literature prize remains largely a male domain, while peace does somewhat better. (Photo: AFP)

Women in 21st century ‘locked out of labs’ and Nobel prizes

The peace prize is meanwhile the most favourable to women: 16 women laureates out of 104 people awarded.

08 Dec 2017 2:48 PM

While the number of women Nobel laureates has risen in recent decades -- from just four between 1901, the first year of the prizes, and 1920 to 19 between 2001 and 2017 -- the 48 women crowned over the years represent just five percent of the 896 people honoured. (Photo: AP)

Women still a minority at the Nobels

Analysis finds that women are scarce in Nobel Prize annals.

08 Dec 2017 12:37 PM

His musings on happiness may not be as famous as his theory of relativity, but still shed light on one of the great modern minds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Einstein's theory of happiness sells for $1.3M at auction

The Winner's auction house said Einstein scribbled the note in German to a bellboy after he did not have the cash to give him a tip.

25 Oct 2017 2:56 PM

Einstein's theory of happy living emerges in Tokyo note

It is impossible to determine if the notes were a reflection of Einstein's own musings on his growing fame.

23 Oct 2017 1:05 PM

Disrupting the myth of objectivity

Our media still shies away from expressing bias, while its counterparts in many countries do not.

17 Oct 2017 6:33 AM

RBI ex-boss in list of probables for Nobel in Eco

The entry to the list does not guarantee that Mr Rajan is a front-runner but he is a probable who stands a chance to win.

08 Oct 2017 1:46 AM

Richard Henderson, one of the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, holds a bacterio rhodopsin model prior to a press conference at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Three researchers based in the US, UK and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy. The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New York’s Columbia University and Richard Henderson of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

Nobel-winning technique like ‘Google earth for molecules’

Molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.

07 Oct 2017 9:41 AM

The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2017 has been awarded to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. (Photo: AP)

Kazuo Ishiguro, an apt choice

The Swedish Academy thinks he is a mixture of Jane Austen and Franz Kafka with a bit of Marcel Proust thrown in.

07 Oct 2017 12:17 AM

Ishiguro left Japan when he was five and moved to Britain, only returning to visit his native land as an adult three decades later. (Photo: AP)

Japan sees a surge in demand for Ishiguro's books

Japan had been pinning its hopes on novelist Haruki Murakami to win Nobel Prize but eagerly claimed link to winner with Japanese roots.

06 Oct 2017 10:49 AM

Initially thought it was 'hoax': Kazuo Ishiguro on winning Nobel Prize

The London-based author won the Nobel prize for his novel 'The Remains of the Day', which earlier won the Booker Prize in 1989.

05 Oct 2017 7:28 PM

From winners who are famous to those who have been forgotten and western domination in Nobel, a list of the must knows of the Nobel prize (Representational Image)

Find out about the controversy, fame and flops for Nobel Literature Prize

Here's a look at the controversial, famous and forgotten Nobel Prize winners for literature over the years.

05 Oct 2017 9:38 AM

In 2016, the award went to Bob Dylan, considered to be someone outside the conventional conception of “literature” as novels and poetry. (Photo: AP)

Academy likely to go for more conventional pick for Literature Nobel this year

While committee shocked world last year with unconventional pick, experts believe members will go with more orthodox choice this year.

05 Oct 2017 8:58 AM

From left, Sara Snogerup Linse, chairman of the Nobel Committee in Chemistry, Goran K. Hansson, secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Peter Brzezinski, member of the Nobel Committee, sit during a press conference as they announce - Jacques Dubochet - from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Joachim Frank from Columbia University, USA and Richard Henderson, from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, in England as the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.(Photo: AP)

Nobel Prize honors technique for seeing molecules' details

The $1.1 million prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.

04 Oct 2017 5:51 PM

Nobel for gravitational waves a dream come true: Indian contributors

Indian scientists who contributed to the discovery of the gravitational waves described the Nobel Physics Prize win as "a dream come true."

03 Oct 2017 8:23 PM

Goran K Hansson, centre, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, from top left, Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barrish and Kip S. Thorne. (Photo: AP)

Nobel Physics Prize awarded to three scientists for work on gravitational waves

Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions in the observation of gravitational waves.

03 Oct 2017 3:49 PM

The Academy is known for its cloak-and-dagger methods to prevent any leaks, resorting to codenames for authors and fake book covers when reading in public. (Photo: AP)

Winner of Nobel Prize for literature to be revealed on Thursday

Last year’s winner, Bob Dylan, was the first singer songwriter to win the prestigious award, dividing the literary world.

02 Oct 2017 4:37 PM

Anna Wedell, chairman of the Nobel committee, center, and members of the committee Juleen Zierath, left, and Carlos Ibanez, announce the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine during a press conference at the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 2, 2017. The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to three Americans for discoveries about the body's daily rhythms. The laureates are Jeffrey c. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young. (Photo: AP)

Nobel for medicine give tin 3 Americans for body rhythm work

The laureates are Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young.

02 Oct 2017 4:15 PM

Professor Thors Hans Hansson gives a demonstration using a bagel to explain the work of the winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo: AFP)

Bagels, pretzels, Boo! How to explain science Nobel winners’ complex work

Nobel physics committee has a large staff of social media and web experts making sure the information they provide is comprehensible.

01 Oct 2017 9:46 AM

Sigmund Freud and the Nobel Prize trauma

Freud's name was put forward 12 times for a Medicine Prize and once for a Literature Prize but he never won.

30 Sep 2017 2:48 PM

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