British professor wins prize for bar-fight research
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Rowdy bars may no longer be quite as dangerous thanks to a British professor who won a criminology prize on Wednesday for his work showing how injuries from broken glass can be reduced.
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Three new $1m awards for scientific endeavour are announced at the British Association festival in York.
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SCIENTISTS at Sheffield University last week made an unexpected discovery: an alternative to Scotland - s tax-dependent model for commercialising academic research.
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Two US researchers yesterday shared the Â£760,000 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for their discovery of the molecular machinery behind the scent of lilac in the spring, the bouquet of a vintage burgundy or the smell of napalm in the morning.
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An Indian professor is awarded the Ramanujan Prize, which honours mathematicians in developing countries.
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TOKYO A visiting professor at Northwestern University is the winner of one of this year's Kyoto Prizes -- a Japanese award for achievement in the arts and sciences.
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Don't call him Sir Anthony Leggett just yet. Queen Elizabeth II put the University of Illinois physics professor and Nobel Prize winner, a British native, on her birthday knighthood list this summer, but he ...
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An academic's study of human genetic mutation has been named winner of the Guardian First Book Award.
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Two economists whose work paved the way for success in the fight against inflation in Britain and other countries were rewarded with the Nobel prize yesterday.
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U.S scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine for research explaining how the human sense of smell works.
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Viva put him under pressure Queen guitarist Brian May will henceforth be known as Dr May, as the axe-slinger has finally been awarded his PhD.â¦
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The work of Prof. Naomi Ehrich Leonard at Princeton University shatters barriers, interweaving control theory, fluid mechanics, robotics, and biology.
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Researchers from the Wales College Of Medicine, Cardiff University in the UK have discovered what may be a clue to the prevention and treatment of cancer.
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Male scientist are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women and long index fingers, a new study says. A survey of academics at the University of Bath has found that male scientists typically
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London (IANS) Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya of the University of Warwick has been selected for one of the highest British civilian honours, the Knights Bachelor, in the Queen s New Year honours list.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Americans Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck have won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work in studying odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system in human beings.
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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."   Their work provides the basis for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis.    The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Ciechanover, 57, Hershko, 67, and Rose, 78, for work they did in the late 1970s and early 1980s...