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The One Nobel Prize Nominee History Completely Forgot About
The Nobel Prize in physics is the highest honor for scholars, awarded to people who make only the most outstanding discoveries. However, unfortunately, the woman responsible for one of the most major discoveries in the field of physics in the 20th century never received one.
The president has been desperate to win one of the coveted awards after being denied the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.
The announcement Monday that three laureates will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven growth brings this year’s Nobel awards to a close.
From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside metal organic frameworks.
German writer Herta Müller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, will be awarded the German Culture Prize to honour her lifetime achievements, the jury said on Wednesday. Born 1953, Müller, who garnered worldwide recognition with novels such as "The Hunger Angel,
The Nobel Peace Prize has been in the news recently because President Donald Trump has been openly campaigning to receive it. Although I am not an expert on the history of the prize, I find Trump’s self-promotion, claiming that he deserves the prize, to be both strange and embarrassing.