The Nobels and the Age Problem

Science is a young person's game.An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Sir......

Trump's Nobel Prize nomination -- what you need to know

Less than two months before the election, United States President Donald Trump seems to have something to celebrate -- a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Ritwik Sharma reports IMAGE: US......

Outrage over Nobel Literature prize for Peter Handke

Austrian writer Peter Handke's Nobel literature prize win on Thursday sparked outrage. IMAGE: Austrian author Peter Handke in his garden following the announcement he won the 2019 Nobel Prize in......

Trio wins Chemistry Nobel for work on lithium-ion batteries

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino on Wednesday "for the development of lithium-ion batteries." "The Nobel Prize in......