STOCKHOLM — Two Americans and a German-American won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how key substances are transported within cells, a process involved in such important activities as brain cell communication and the release of insulin. James Rothman, 62, of Yale University, Randy Schekman, 64, ofContinue Reading

Two US scientists win Nobel Prize for chemistry Two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food. Such studies are key for developing better drugs.The RoyalContinue Reading

India will be participating at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobao on Friday in Oslo, Norway, according to the Nobel Prize Committee. According to the Committee, “44 embassies have indicated that they will be represented at the Ceremony, two (Algeria and Sri Lanka )Continue Reading

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for developing a process that, among other things, helps synthesize medicines. Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki were cited for their work in “palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.” That’s a way of joining together carbon atoms — using theContinue Reading

Robert Edwards, the British scientist who first founded the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technique as a means of conceiving a child to parents who failed to do so conservatively worldwide, has been awarded as the Nobel Prize winner for Physiology/Medicine contribution category this year by the Nobel Assembly.