The Nikon Small World photography competition is starting up for another year. Check out this year's competitors here (the winners have not been announced but you can rate them yourself). The competition includes beautiful micrographs such as the one below...
Posted on July 13, 2007 9:55 AM • 1 Comments •
I was just thinking about something. The Nobel Committee is usually mysterious in how they pick the winners, but why did Greg Hannon not win the Nobel with the others? My understanding was that he was sort of the guy...
Posted on October 2, 2006 9:38 AM • 2 Comments •
Andrew Fire and Craig Mello have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of RNA interference: Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discovering a powerful way...
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Posted on October 2, 2006 9:21 AM • 7 Comments •
As the Nobel Prize announcements are due to come out soon, it would be good if you knew your Nobel history. Lawrence Altman for the NYTimes has an excellent article on it. Money quote: Yet in a little known story,...
Posted on September 29, 2006 4:34 PM • 0 Comments •