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Dozens of members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s leading group of atomic bomb survivors that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, are set to travel to Oslo next month to attend the award ceremony after achieving its crowdfunding target of 10 million yen ($65,000) to help cover travel expenses. The group, also known as the Japan […]
Wesfarmers executive Tanya Rybarczyk has been named as the next president of explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific, effective February 2025. Source link
Lawyer and politician, Oba Mekunu Owolabi Salis, has urged President Bola Tinubu, institutions and individuals to make a representation for Nobel Peace Award to be conferred on former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon. In a tribute to Gowon on his 90th birthday, he described him as one of the most effective leaders on the […]
When the Nobel economics prize is awarded most years, I imagine the news-following public to simply nod in silent acknowledgment over their morning coffee as they listen to the radio or read the headlines. Economists speak in their own language, they figure, and the substance of their work is just too narrow or arcane to […]
The 2024 Nobel Prizes have taken many by surprise, as AI researchers are among the distinguished recipients in both Physics and Chemistry. Geoffrey Hinton and John J. Hopfield received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational work on neural networks. In contrast, Demis Hassabis and his colleagues John Jumper and David Baker received the […]
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Chinese economists called for institutional reforms after three US-based scholars won the Nobel Prize in economics with their research into how institutions shape the economic success of nations. Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson were named as this year’s winners on Monday in Stockholm having published extensively on the relationships between […]
new video loaded: Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize transcript Back transcript Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel committee said that Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese grass-roots movement of “hibakusha,” or atomic bombing survivors, has demonstrated that “nuclear weapons must never be used again.” This movement is receiving the Peace […]
Prize was awarded for work on how institutions are formed and how they affect differences in prosperity. Source link
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson win Economic Nobel Prize 2024 | Photo: X 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 14 2024 | 4:01 PM IST The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to […]