When computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his work on machine learning, he immediately issued a warning about the power of the technology that his ...

Here are the winners of the six Nobel Prizes awarded this year. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name laureates in a variety of prizes related to science ...

Three economists were awarded the Nobel Prize Monday for their research into how the nature of institutions helps explain why some countries become rich and others remain poor. Daron Acemoglu ...

“But, to tell you the truth, it will never win the Nobel.” So when the call from Sweden came in, Chalfie was asleep. The beginning of his life as a Nobel laureate in chemistry had to wait ...

Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth When scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, they typically thank family and colleagues, maybe their universities or whoever funded their research.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, a trio of economists working at U.S. universities, for research on ...

The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research into differences in prosperity between nations and why some countries ...

STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three Americans Monday for their research into why some countries succeed and others fail. Two of the three economists are professors at the ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to three economists who have studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open ...