The Praemium Imperiale awards ceremony served as a profound reminder of the power of art in bringing healing and unity to a divided world.
Often a divisive figure, Kenzaburo Oe had a profound understanding of the human condition that only came to those who had suffered much themselves.
Despite the impressive number of Japanese scientists receiving the Nobel Prize in recent years, the foundations of scientific research in Japan have been rapidly declining.
“There are all kinds of climate-related changes happening now. Which is why I think the judging committee chose climate research,” says the new Nobel Laureate.
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His Nobel Prize-winning research is widely used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, due in large part to Negishi and his colleagues’ wise decision not to patent...
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three researchers who were successful in proving the presence of black holes by theory and...
Surely you know about the Nobel Prize, but do you know about the Ig Nobel Prize? Hosted by U.S. outfit, The Annals of Improbable Research,...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Akira Yoshino, together with Stanley Whittingham and John Goodenough, for their...
Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino was one of three 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners honored for their role in the development of lithium-ion batteries,...
Every time Tasuku Honjo is asked about the motivating force for his research, he says offhand, “It’s definitely my sense of curiosity, a feeling...
Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, 55, became more widely known after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012. Five...