2004âs top 10 best scientific achievements
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Which do you think was the most significant discovery of the year 2004? The discovery of Hobbitâs fossil, a mere two meter tall human who shared planet earth with modern human for thousands of years or is it the landing of NASAâs two rovers on Mars?
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The scientists who discovered how cells mark proteins for destruction receive the 2004 Nobel Prize for chemistry.
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Two U.S. scientists won the 2004  Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for showing how sense of  smell enables people to recall, for instance, the scent of  spring lilac in winter or the stench of rotten food eaten long  ago.
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Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
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STOCKHOLM -- Israelis Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko and American Irwin Rose were awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry yesterday for discovering a key way cells destroy unwanted proteins -- starting with a chemical ''kiss of death.&quot;
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An American and a Norwegian won the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences yesterday for research on how government policies affect economies and why supply-side shocks like high oil prices can dampen business cycles.
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The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
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Two Johns Hopkins University scientists have been selected to receive the nation's highest scientific honor.
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US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck win the Nobel physics prize for their insights into the deep structure of matter.
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Zhu Guangya, an 80-year-old leading nuclear scientist in china has been awarded for his immense contribution in the field of science in a very special way.
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Hungarian-born Israeli Avram Hershko, co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize for chemistry, on Friday received one of Hungary's highest distinctions in recognition of his scientific achievements.
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WASHINGTON - The discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and could have harboured life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
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This weekâs issue recognizes the smartest, most creative, and, well, coolest IT projects of 2004. But the InfoWorld 100 is more than simply another collection of well-meaning (and well-deserved) awards. It is also a blueprint -- a living document that provides real, useful editorial direction.
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Two Israelis and an American won the Nobel Prize in  Chemistry yesterday for discovering the method by which cells tag proteins that are defective or have outlived their usefulness and direct them to the cellular machinery that grinds them up into reusable parts.
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VoIP. Google. iPod. Spyware. Mel Karmazin. Firefox. Blogs. Oracle.  They all made Filter's list of the top 10 technology "stories" of 2004. -washingtonpost.com
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U.S. scientists Richard Axel and  Linda Buck won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology  on Monday for work on genes that control the sense of smell --  explaining how we recall months later the scent of a lilac.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Israelis Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko and American Irwin Rose won the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discovering a key way cells destroy unwanted proteins - starting with a chemical "kiss of death."   When the process goes wrong, several hundred diseases can result, including cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis. So the work provides the basis for developing new therapies...