Alfred Nobel’s Legacy
So, in his will Alfred Nobel set aside the bulk of his considerable estate (+/- 94 percent) to the creation of the Nobel ...
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The Most Controversial Nobel Prize in Recent Memory
Last month, the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three scholars, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson, for “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” ...
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Podcast: How the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won
On Oct. 9, the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper for their work in prediction and design of protein structures. C&EN’s executive ...
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This year’s Nobel Prizes point to artificial intelligence’s role in future of scientific research
Another Nobel Prize was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton in physics for artificial neural networks, which help computers learn and analyze complex data better. A photo illustration shows ...