X Prize Spurs New Science Awards
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From Wired Geekipedia: The X Prize is only the beginning. Half a dozen other sizeable purses await those who aspire to tech glory.
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Three Americans shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work in increasing science's understanding of the forces that bind together the smallest pieces of matter, known as quarks.
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Europe launches a project to build a super-brilliant X-ray laser to probe the atomic structure of materials.
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While Nobel Prizes are given for past performance, other types of inducement prizes are intended to spur innovation. Do they do the job?
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A scientist spotlighted in our recent report on revolutionaries is publishing new advances.
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Scientists discuss their prefered targets for the next multi-billion-dollar
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Since a Nobel-winning discovery, cosmology has gotten more complicated.
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The 2004 Nobel Prize season opens on Monday with the announcement of the prize for Medicine, kicking off a series of coveted awards culminating in the prestigious honours for Literature and for Peace.
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The group that awarded US$10 million this week to the winner of an outer-space travel contest is gearing up to offer cash prizes for technology breakthroughs in medicine, computer science, transportation and a number of other arenas.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space...
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Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for revealing how forces in the atomic nucleus keep it from flying apart -- a discovery that has brought science one step closer to a &quot;grand unified theory&quot; of how the universe operates at the
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The X PRIZE Foundation announced today a new education competition designed to cultivate interest and excitement in the fields of space, science and technology.
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An American and a Norwegian economist were awarded the Nobel prize for economics on Monday for their efforts to demonstrate that innovative new technologies and shocks, such as a sharp increase
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Peter Diamandis founded the Ansari X-Prize in 1996. Named for the Ansari family of Dallas, Texas, and funded through private donations and corporate sponsorships, the X-Prize is a $10 million purse aimed at jump-starting space tourism.
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Scientists nab prize for work on sense of smell just days after a spoof "Ig Nobel" recognizes breakthroughs in fish flatulence.
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The winner of a $1.2 million prize for his inventions in light and laser technology said Friday he will give away some of his money to promote research at universities and organizations that help developing countries.
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The X Prize Foundation and the World Technology Network announced today the formation of a joint venture to launch a series of technology incentive prizes to help spur innovation and breakthroughs in a range of scientific arenas.