From left, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics Chair Olle Eriksson, Secretary General of the Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Goran Johansson announce Tuesday that John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M. Martinis, on screen behind, are the recipients the Nobel Prize in Physics. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via …
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Stockholm — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Sakaguchi, 74, is a distinguished professor at the …
Read More »Nobel Prize for medicine awarded for discoveries about the immune system The Washington Post Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 NobelPrize.org The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system AP News What to Know About the 2025 Nobel Prizes The New York Times Trio Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discoveries on …
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3D LiDAR technology is revolutionizing archaeological research, offering a new way to uncover the hidden details of ancient sites. A recent study, “3D LiDAR Mapping of Prehistoric Caves”, highlights this innovation in action. Researchers from the University of Seville used this technology to map La Pileta Cave, revealing previously unseen prehistoric rock art and cave features with incredible precision. The …
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In the frantic hours after political activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a sniper at a Utah university, those closest to the alleged shooter began making wrenching discoveries, authorities said. In charging Tyler Robinson, 22, authorities revealed new details about the hours after the shooting and how they led to the arrest. Robinson was charged with seven counts, including one …
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The statistics speak for themselves: On average, an American dies from cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds, reports the American Heart Association (AHA). Furthermore, the AHA observed a nearly 29 percent increase in stroke-related deaths between 2012 and 2022. Drugs like aspirin and beta-blockers are two of the most common treatments for heart attack patients—but new research says these medications could …
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The Great Salt Lake is an extraordinary natural phenomenon, the “largest salt-water lake in the western hemisphere.” “A remnant of the massive ancient Lake Bonneville, the lake is now landlocked and its waters are salty,” according to Utah.com. “It is the largest lake between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean, and is the largest saltwater lake in the Western …
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The Permian period, spanning from 299 to 252 million years ago, marked a crucial era in Earth’s history. The end of this period witnessed the most devastating mass extinction, known as the Great Dying, which wiped out nearly 70% of land-dwelling species and a much larger proportion of marine life. Recent findings in southern Africa have started to illuminate the …
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Villmoare, B. et al. Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia. Science 347, 1352–1355 (2015). ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Plummer, T. W. et al. Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus. Science 379, 561–566 (2023). ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Asfaw, B. et al. Australopithecus garhi: a new species of early …
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1.Today, we all know that an asteroid killed/started the extinction of the dinosaurs. The theory was first proposed in 1980 by Nobel prize laureate physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter. They suggested that a massive asteroid impact about 66 million years ago caused sudden climate changes that wiped out most dinosaur species. Evidence for this came from a …
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