Three American economists, including two professors from MIT, were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for their research on why some countries succeed while others fail. The research highlighted the importance of societal institutions in a country’s prosperity. The laureates’ work helps us understand why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do…
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, celebrated with Google employees after winning a Nobel Prize in physics. This reflects AI’s rise as a commercial success and scientific achievement. Hinton’s work on neural networks and machine learning paved the way for AI advancements. The recent Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Google’s AI division highlights…
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Japanese anti-nuclear weapon group, Nihon Hidankyo, made up of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The committee recognized their efforts to promote a world free of nuclear weapons and their powerful witness testimony. The threat of nuclear weapons is on the rise again, with countries modernizing…
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, praising the atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for their work towards a world free of nuclear weapons. The prize comes at a time when global conflicts are escalating, with tensions in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan. The prize honors…
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA in human DNA. This genetic switch can turn gene functions on or off and has great potential for treating diseases like cancer and viral infections. MicroRNA acts as a switch to control other genes, which was previously overlooked by science. Each cell in…