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James A. Robinson, an economist and political scientist at the University of Chicago, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics Monday along with two professors from the Massachusetts Institute of ...
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) --A University of Chicago alumnus was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday, along with two other scientists, for their work to discover powerful techniques ...
John Jumper (S.M. ’12, Ph.D. ’17) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024 for his contributions to the development of AlphaFold, an AI model that revolutionized protein structure prediction.
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to two Massachusetts professors -- Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun -- for their discovery of microRNA, tiny pieces of genetic material ...
Nobel prize winner in Economics, James A. Robinson makes a selfie for the Nobel Foundation with his wife, Dr. Maria Angelica Bautista, and their son Adrian at their home in the Hyde Park neighborhood ...
When future Nobel Prize winner John Jumper arrived at the University of Chicago for his Ph.D. in chemistry, there was a slight hitch. “When I started, I knew no chemistry. None,” Jumper says. “I had ...
Opinion Trump is Nobel Prize shopping. Here’s what it will take to win one. Regardless of the president-elect’s motives for seeking the award, we should hope he succeeds.
A University of Chicago professor and two others were awarded the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday morning. They were recognized for their research studying why some countries are rich and ...
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded to three researchers Monday, including one right here in Chicago. University of Chicago professor James A. Robinson's work focused on ...
The long-lasting impact of Europe’s former empires on growth forms the basis of research by three US-based academics who will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics.
Chicago native John Hopfield on Oct. 8 won the Nobel Prize in physics for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live.