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  1. 8 tuntia sitten

    Happy birthday to who co-founded the group Women Journalists Without Chains in order to promote freedom of expression and democratic rights. She shared the 2011 for her work for peace and women's rights.

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  2. 10 tuntia sitten

    "Suddenly an idea comes into your head from nowhere!" Medicine laureate Peter Doherty tells students how taking a break can lead you to the answer to your problems. Where's the most unexpected place you've had an idea?

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  3. 14 tuntia sitten

    This was Sinclair Lewis's reaction after receiving the . Lewis became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, awarded for his novels which offered a satirical look at life in the United States. Learn more:

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  4. 17 tuntia sitten

    "My mother told my teacher 'Please give my son homework at least occasionally.' My teacher answered, 'Your son has never done his homework despite the fact that I give him homework every day!'" - Toshihide Maskawa, 2008 physics laureate. Read the story:

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    in 1959, “chip” co-inventor Jack Kilby filed patent application 'Miniaturized Electronic Circuits'. Kilby was employed by and was left alone in the lab in summer 1958 when he invented an integrated circuit. It revolutionised the electronics industry.

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    "I learned not to take initial rejections as being permanent obstacles to moving ahead." When Elinor Ostrom applied for a PhD in economics she was turned away. Undefeated she took on a different doctorate and in 2009 was the first woman to receive the prize in economic sciences.

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    As a young scientist Ada Yonath took on a challenge that others considered hopeless - mapping the structure of the ribosome - and persevered until she succeeded. Her work has led to new antibiotics and a better understanding of antibiotic resistance.

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    Take a look at Françoise Barré-Sinoussi's lab notes from 1983 when she and Luc Montagnier discovered Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. In 1985, the first commercial blood test to detect HIV became available.

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    In 2020 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme, working to make sure that no one goes to bed hungry. Take a listen to the episode where we meet Maria Rose, who is working to get unwanted food to the hungry:

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    Take a look at some photos of physicist Robert Hofstadter, born in 1915. Matter is composed of atoms with small nuclei surrounded by electrons. Hofstadter developed an apparatus for studying nuclei's internal structure, which earned him the 1961 physics prize.

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    Elinor Ostrom's work challenged economists' previous ideas about sharing and cooperation. She showed that communities could self-manage resources they shared - like land, food or water - in a sustainable way. She was the first woman to be awarded the prize in economic sciences.

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    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein's life advice in a letter to his son Eduard on 5 February 1930. In the picture, Einstein is riding a bicycle in Santa Barbara, USA in 1933.

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    A new era in the American quest for equality started in 1955, when Rosa Parks - born - refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled. Photo: Rosa Parks and peace laureate Martin Luther King Jr., 1955.

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    “Thank you for saving my life." Tomas Dahl (pictured left) was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and told there was no cure. But after trying the cancer therapy pioneered by the 2018 medicine laureates (centre and right), he emerged cancer-free.

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    The gene editor CRISPR-Cas9 is contributing to innovative cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna received the 2020 chemistry prize for their research on CRISPR/Cas9.

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    "This isn't just a cancer therapy. This is a way of liberating people from the burden of having a disease that could come back and kill you." On , our 2018 medicine laureates reflect on the hope their remarkable cancer therapy gives to patients around the globe.

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    Virologist Harald zur Hausen discovered how cervical cancer is triggered by virus infections. His work led to the creation of the HPV vaccine which cuts the risk of developing cervical cancer.

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    How much do you know about the trailblazing scientist Barbara McClintock? McClintock's pioneering research was rejected by the scientific community but she didn't give up. Watch our video to learn more about this remarkable laureate and scientist.

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    With enthusiasm and “very, very hard” work, Donna Strickland found a way to create high-intensity laser pulses. This technique, chirped pulse amplification or CPA, was described in Strickland’s very first scientific paper and led to her 2018 .

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    Did you know that there is no public list of the current year’s nominees for the peace prize? The complete list of nominees of any year’s prizes is not disclosed for 50 years. The same goes for all the prize categories. Learn more:

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