Nobel Prize

Nobel prizes for AI researchers raise concerns about prize categories

The recent awarding of Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physics to Google-affiliated AI pioneers has sparked controversy, raising questions about Big Tech’s growing influence in cutting-edge research and whether the Nobel Prize categories adequately reflect modern scientific breakthroughs, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Baker, Hassabis, Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

 Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

'Invisibility' and quantum computing tipped for physics Nobel

Predicting a winner is always tricky but this year, Nobel buzz has spotlighted, among others, Israeli-British physicist David Deutsch, a professor at the University of Oxford, and American mathematician Peter Shor.

Could AI win a Nobel Prize?

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionise industries from banking to content creation, it has also begun to influence scientific research, raising the question: Could AI one day win a Nobel Prize? While this may seem far-fetched today, a recent report by AFP highlights how researchers and scientists are working to develop AI systems potentially worthy of such recognition in the future.

Cancer, cardiovascular drugs tipped for Nobel as prize week opens

The Nobel Prize in Medicine is first out, announced on Monday around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) in Stockholm.

HIGHLIGHT / Where to Start with Nobel Laureate, Jon Fosse

On 5th October, 2023 the acclaimed Norwegian playwright and poet, Jon Olav Fosse, won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

News report / Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

He told the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he was “surprised but also not” to have won.

Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel prize

American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights

Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue.

October 10, 2024
October 10, 2024

Nobel prizes for AI researchers raise concerns about prize categories

The recent awarding of Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physics to Google-affiliated AI pioneers has sparked controversy, raising questions about Big Tech’s growing influence in cutting-edge research and whether the Nobel Prize categories adequately reflect modern scientific breakthroughs, according to a recent report by Reuters.

October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

Baker, Hassabis, Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

 Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

'Invisibility' and quantum computing tipped for physics Nobel

Predicting a winner is always tricky but this year, Nobel buzz has spotlighted, among others, Israeli-British physicist David Deutsch, a professor at the University of Oxford, and American mathematician Peter Shor.

October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024

Could AI win a Nobel Prize?

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionise industries from banking to content creation, it has also begun to influence scientific research, raising the question: Could AI one day win a Nobel Prize? While this may seem far-fetched today, a recent report by AFP highlights how researchers and scientists are working to develop AI systems potentially worthy of such recognition in the future.

October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024

Cancer, cardiovascular drugs tipped for Nobel as prize week opens

The Nobel Prize in Medicine is first out, announced on Monday around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) in Stockholm.

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023

Where to Start with Nobel Laureate, Jon Fosse

On 5th October, 2023 the acclaimed Norwegian playwright and poet, Jon Olav Fosse, won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

He told the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he was “surprised but also not” to have won.

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel prize

American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today

October 4, 2023
October 4, 2023

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights

Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue.

December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022

Behind the scenes of the Dhaka Literary Festival 2023

Literature is our main area of interest.But we also want to highlight areas of intersection between literature and science, politics, pop culture, human rights, and new media.