2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes: An astrophysicist explains trailblazing discoveries

At the singularity, our conceptions of space, time and matter fall apart; resolving this issue is perhaps the biggest open problem in theoretical …

Simply put: The missed Nobels

Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me

The puzzle of who receives the novel prize is in itself a bit like an equation  

Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019

William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available

Breaking the mould

Mathematics has always been considered as a young person’s game. And to win one of the top award in the field at 76 is a greater …

Davi Kopenawa wins Alternate Nobel Prize for protecting the Amazon rainforest

Davi has frequently been threatened by the gold miners and politicians who target the resources inside the Yanomami territory

Physics Nobel awarded for Big Bang-related theory and exoplanet discovery

US scientist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz are recipients of the prize for 2019

Reflections from a Nobel winner: Scientists need time to make discoveries

In 2018, Professor Donna Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work in high-intensity lasers. Her research has been …

Simply Put: Extinction, not evolution

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

Discoveries of Julius and Patapoutian have given sensory researchers fundamental insights into how people interact with their world. But they …

Environmental challenges: Desperate crises but also opportunity for inclusion

The Centre for Science and Environment has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2018. Here is the …

Nobel Prize for physics awarded for gravitational waves detection

Scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne, together with Barry Barish, whose effort led to the discovery 100 years it was …

2016 Chemistry Nobel awarded to scientist trio for their work on molecular machines

Their inventions include a tiny lift, artificial muscles and miniscule motors

Economics Nobel winner Angus Deaton’s pioneer work focused on developing world

The economist’s research touches on many different aspects of consumption

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s work on mRNA vaccines wins Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023

Such vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more, allowing societies to open and return to normal conditions

Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize for 2019

Alok Shukla wins Goldman Prize or ‘Green Nobel’ for Hasdeo Aranya campaign

Hasdeo movement, spearheaded by Shukla, a model for environmental justice in India, says Goldman Foundation  

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Good Economics from Hard Times: No one leaves home unless...

In their new book nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo debunk myths about migration. Excerpts:

Indian-origin economist in trio selected for 2019 Economics Nobel

Mumbai-born Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the prize for their approach to fight global poverty 

Economics Nobel 2019: Why Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer won

Through the award, the Nobel committee recognised both the significance of development economics in the world today and the innovative approaches …

Explained: Works of 3 evolutionary scientists that got them a Nobel

One Briton and two American scientists bag the prestigious award for their work that is meant to create cleaner fuels and treat diseases

Nobel Prize for physics honours scientists for work on neutrino metamorphosis

Takaaki Kajita of the University of Tokyo in Japan and Arthur B McDonald of Queen’s University in Canada received the honours