Alain E. Andrea, 10/12 19:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
“All of my remaining realisable assets are to be disbursed as follows: the capital, converted to safe securities by my executors, is to constitute a fund, the interest on which is to be distributed annually as prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” These were Alfred Nobel's final ...
This is Beirut, 09/12 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
When, in 1993, Ambros identified a particular molecule, lin-4, he could not have imagined that he was laying the foundation for a scientific revolution. These microRNAs, invisible to the naked eye, are now considered the architects of biology, orchestrating essential processes within our cells. But what do these small, yet powerful, molecules ...
Alain E. Andrea, 10/10 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On October 9, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Americans David Baker and John Jumper, alongside Briton Demis Hassabis, for their exceptional contributions in the field of proteins. According to the Academy's statement, Baker received half of the prize for his method of "computational protein design," which involves using computer ...
Alain E. Andrea, 08/10 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nobel Physics Artificial intelligence
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to British-Canadian John Hopfield (born 1933) and American Geoffrey Hinton (born 1947) for their fundamental discoveries that paved the way for "machine learning" through "artificial neural networks." Their work, conducted since the 1980s, highlights the importance of theoretical physics in the rise ...
Alain E. Andrea, 07/10 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On October 7, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Victor Ambros (born 1953) and Gary Ruvkun (born 1952), two American biologists, for their "discovery of microRNAs and their role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression." This discovery, made in 1993, profoundly ...
Lyne Sammouri, 08/08 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Nobel
Following mass protests, Muhammad Yunus, a renowned economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been appointed to lead an interim government in Bangladesh. The 84-year-old's appointment comes as a direct response to student leaders' calls for his leadership.