David Miranda

Journalist specializing in international politics and nature

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021

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Nobel Prize in Medicine: David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded them their highest distinction for “their great contributions to the study of how our nervous system senses heat, cold or mechanical impulses”. Read the full article here.

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Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

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Nobel Prize in Physics: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi

Three laureates share the award this year. While Manabe and Hasslemann have been honored for laying the foundations of our understanding of how humanity influences the Earth’s climate, Giorgio Parisi has received the award for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes. Read the full article here.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Benjamin List and David MacMillan

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Benjamin List and David MacMillan

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the two scientists for the discovery of asymmetric organocatalysis, a new and precise tool for molecular construction. Read the full article here.

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Nobel Prize for Literature: Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Nobel Prize for Literature: Abdulrazak Gurnah

The highest award of universal letters has a new winner, the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, awarded for “his stories of the effects of colonialism and the fate of refugees in the Gulf between cultures and continents.” Read the full article here.

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Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

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Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded both journalists for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, one of the basic conditions for the functioning of democracy and the achievement of lasting peace. Read the full article here.

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Nobel Prize in Economics 2021: David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens

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Nobel Laureate in Economics: David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens

The Swedish Academy has awarded Card for “his empirical contributions in labor economics”, while Angrist and Imbens receive the award for “their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relations”. You can read the full article here.

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