Neowin News Feed for: Nobel

The Internet, an arbiter of peace?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:22:01 +0000

World peace is a complicated construct. It's shaped by what we think we have learned from history. It's a noble aim for anyone who tries to achieve it. We know that human nature will always... Read more...

Disk technology takes Nobel Prize

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:34:35 +0000

French scientist Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg of Germany have won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics after discovering the phenomenon of "giant magnetoresistance" (GMR), in which weak magnetic changes give rise to big differences... Read more...

Ig Nobel Award Winners Announced

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:09:09 +0000

Every year, we salute a select and elite group of scientists, artists, writers, and peace activists who, through extraordinary accomplishment, have bettered humanity. These...are not those people. Instead, the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of... Read more...

Nobel prize winners ask judge to reject Microsoft settlement

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:23:25 +0000

Two Nobel Prize-winning economists have reviewed Microsoft's antitrust settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine US states and have subsequently urged Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to reject the deal. The... Read more...