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SAGE's Latest Knockout: $95,000 Lab Rats

St. Louis's SAGE Labs has a radical new way to build a better rat for scientific study.READ»

Carbon Trick for Advancing Medicine, Electronics Wins 2010 Chemistry Nobel Prize

The 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for a powerful process to produce carbon bonds important for medicine production, materials science and electronics--including the tech behind OLED screens.READ»

Super-Thin Graphene Earns Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov a Physics Nobel Prize

Graphene may be the material that transforms the electronics game into something amazingly new for the 21st century--the Nobel Prize committee seems to agree, and has awarded the 2010 Physics prize to two graphene scientists. READ»

In Vitro Fertilization Inventor Robert Edwards Earns Nobel Prize in Medicine

The British medical expert has just won the Nobel Prize for medicine of 2010 for his pioneering of IVF techniques since the 1950s. Millions of lives owe their existence to this man.READ»

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Fifty Years of Lasers, by the Numbers

The first U.S. patent for the laser went to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 50 years ago this month. Both physicists won Nobels for the work, which -- with that of ex-colleague Gordon Gould -- has sparked decades of innovation and sci-fi fantasy. A look at the data.READ»

Economics Nobel Prize Award a Nod to Sustainability

Two U.S. academics have just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, with the Prize Committee noting the winner's work in economic governance. One winner is Elinor Ostrom--the first woman to land the prestigious prize. The ...READ»

Physics Nobel Prize 2009 Is All About Capturing Light

The 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics has just been announced, and instead of rewarding some esoteric, hard-to-fathom theoretical physics work, it's gone to pioneers in two fields close to tech-lovers hearts: Fibre-optics and digital ...READ»

Nobel Prize Predictions: fMRI and Organic Solar Cells

Every year, Thomson Scientific, a division of Thomson Reuters, attempts to predict who will win the Nobel prizes in the medicine, chemistry, physics,  and economics categories a few weeks before the official list is released in ...READ»