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# Nobel

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# Peter Handke
'Scandalous': Outrage after Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Slobodan Milosevic defender
Peter Handke was a vocal defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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Oct 11th 2019, 9:10 AM
# Mr Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan FINALLY accepts Nobel Prize for Literature
The decision to give the musician the award sparked controversy in recent months.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 11:20 AM
# i'm not there
Sorry, I'm busy: Dylan tells Nobel panel he won't be free to pick up award
The 75-year-old, whose lyrics have influenced generations of fans, is the first songwriter to win the literature prize.
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Nov 16th 2016, 5:48 PM
# scientific chauvinism
The Nobel Prize-winner who told us about his 'trouble with girls' has quit his job
Tim Hunt’s controversial comments on women in labs have lost him his college gig.
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Jun 11th 2015, 11:35 AM
# Climate Change
Not worried about global warming? Here's why you should be
These scientists say that time is running out in the battle against global warming.
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Nov 2nd 2014, 6:17 PM
# Books
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the Nobel Prize for Literature
The award is the biggest prize in literature and is worth €877,000.
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Oct 9th 2014, 12:01 PM
# Inventions
Japanese researchers win Nobel for inventing the "revolutionary" LED lamp
The LED has helped in the fight against global warming and also helps people in poverty.
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Oct 7th 2014, 11:49 AM
# inner gps
UCC to give honorary degree to newly-crowned Nobel prize winner
May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have shared the award with fellow neuroscientist John O’Keefe.
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Oct 6th 2014, 10:40 PM
# Nobel
OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in eliminating chemical weapons
The organisation was named ahead of Pakistan activist Malala Youafzai.
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Oct 11th 2013, 10:04 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here are the nine things you need to know this morning, as we head into the weekend…
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Oct 11th 2013, 8:45 AM
# new clinic
Nobel laureate opens Mater Hospital’s new state-of-the-art clinic
The new clinic offers more space and will be able to treat patients with cutting edge therapies.
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Apr 29th 2013, 2:30 PM
# EU
Want to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize?
Well you can – if you enter a competition run by a number of European bodies (and you’re aged between 8 and 24).
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Nov 19th 2012, 4:00 PM
# Nobel
Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Literature Prize
China’s Mo Yan has won the Nobel Literature Prize.
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Oct 11th 2012, 12:43 PM
# Nobel Prize
US pair share chemistry Nobel for cell receptors
“I was fast asleep and the phone rang… my wife gave me an elbow – and there it was. A total shock and surprise,” said Robert Lefkowitz.
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Oct 10th 2012, 6:29 PM
# Nobel Prize
French and American scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.
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Oct 9th 2012, 2:51 PM
# Science
Success of Euroscience forum 'boosts Ireland's reputation in science'
The forum, which has now come to a close, included speakers such as Nobel Laureates, a former president and even Sir Bob Geldof.
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Jul 15th 2012, 2:26 PM
# Peace Prize
Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize
The women, who fought injustice and dictatorship in Liberia and Yemen, received the prize at a ceremony in Oslo this afternon.
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Dec 10th 2011, 1:26 PM
# Peace Prize
Vladimir Putin wins peace prize in China
But the Chinese administration has distanced itself from the award.
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Nov 16th 2011, 1:53 PM
# nobel laureate
Tomas Tranströmer wins Nobel literature prize
The 80-year-old Swedish poet was named this year’s winner to loud cheers at a press conference in Stockholm.
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Oct 6th 2011, 12:30 PM
# Nobel Prize
Immune system discoveries lead to Nobel prize
Three scientists, including Bruce Beutler, pictured, have been named as the winners of the Nobel prize for medicine following their research into the immune system.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 11:32 AM
# Nobel Prize
Obesity or stem cell research could win Nobel Prize
The first of the 2011 Nobel Prizes will be announced tomorrow. These mice took part in obesity studies in New York, which could win a prize for the scientists involved.
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Oct 2nd 2011, 4:21 PM
# Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela released from hospital
South African fears for Mandela’s health eased when news broke the 92-year-old had been released from hospital and was “well”.
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Jan 28th 2011, 10:10 PM