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Nobel Laureate Collapses At NASA Ames Research Center, Dies
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS / AP) — Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, who shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus, has died. He was 85. George Blumberg said...
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Lawrence Berkeley Lab Scientist Wins Nobel Prize In Physics
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – Saul Perlmutter, head of the Supernova Cosmology Project at the University of California, Berkeley was awakened early Tuesday to learn he was one of three scientists awarded the...
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HealthWatch: Bay Area Scientists Work To Reset Biological Clock
MENLO PARK (CBS SF) – Scientists in Menlo Park have developed a new test to measure what may be the best biomarker of overall health status — raising hopes that our biological clocks can be slowed, or...
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UCSF Scientist Shares Nobel Prize For Medicine For Stem Cell Research
STOCKHOLM (CBS/AP) – Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed into completely...
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Stanford Professor Shares Nobel Chemistry Prize For Research On Human Cells
STOCKHOLM (CBS/AP) — Two American researchers, one a professor at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond...
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Stanford, UCLA Professors Awarded Nobel Prize For Economics
STANFORD (CBS/AP) — Two American scholars were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, students with...
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Ex-Berkeley Lab Director Resigns As Energy Secretary, Defends Loans
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, announced his resignation Friday, according to the U.S....
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Berkeley, Stanford Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Medicine
BERKELEY (CBS/AP) — Americans James Rothman and Randy Schekman and German-born researcher Thomas Suedhof won the 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries on how hormones, enzymes and other...
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Stanford Researcher Shares Nobel Prize For Chemistry
STOCKHOLM (CBS/AP) — Three U.S.-based scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing powerful computer models that others can use to understand complex chemical...
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Scientist From Stanford University Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry
STANFORD (KCBS) — For the third consecutive year, a researcher from Stanford is being awarded the top prize in science: the Nobel Prize. This time, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nobel committee...
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor And Nobel Prize Winner, Dies At 87
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — The frail, dapper man who sometimes greeted reporters in his Madison Avenue office spoke in an almost hushed voice, but with urgency, his hands gesturing gently for emphasis. Elie...
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Bay Area Shut Out Of 2016 Nobel Prizes So Far
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A number of Nobel Prizes have been awarded this week, and none of the winners are from the Bay Area. The Bay Area has a rich history of Nobel Laureates, living and dead....
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Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
STOCKHOLM (AP) — American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician....
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Bob Dylan Breaks Silence, Accepts 2016 Nobel Prize
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CBS/AP) — Bob Dylan has accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said, adding that getting the prestigious award left him “speechless.” The academy’s...
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Bob Dylan Finally Got His Nobel Prize
By Hayden Wright (RADIO.COM) – It’s official—Bob Dylan has collected his 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Swedish Academy members said the icon “seemed pleased” by the honor, which puts an end to...
View ArticleTrump: ‘Everyone Thinks’ I Deserve Nobel Prize
(CNN) — President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that while “everyone thinks” he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement in the warming of relations with North Korea, the only prize he...
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Burton Richter, Nobel Prize Winning Stanford Physicist, Dies at 87
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — Physicist Burton Richter, a Stanford professor emeritus, former director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics, died Wednesday in...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Research Leads To Nobel Prize For Medicine
BERKELEY (CBS SF/AP) — A former UC Berkeley cancer researcher has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking work that began on the Berkeley campus and continued...
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Nobel-Winning Cal Tech Physicist Murray Gell-Mann Dies at 89
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles, has died at the age of 89. Murray...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Nobel Prize Winner Oliver Williamson Dies
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — University of California-Berkeley professor Oliver Williamson, who won a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009, passed away this week following a period of failing health, the...
View ArticleFormer East Bay Chiron Researcher Michael Houghton Shares Nobel Prize For...
EMERYVILLE (CBS SF/AP) — Michael Houghton, a British-born scientist who worked for years at Emeryville-based Chiron Corporation, joined Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice in being awarded the Nobel...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Reinhard Genzel Awarded Nobel Prize
BERKELEY (CBS SF/AP) — Three scientists –including UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Reinhard Genzel — won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the...
View ArticleStanford, UC Berkeley Professors Win Nobel Prize In Economics
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Two Bay Area professors were named Nobel laureates in economics early Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. David Card, of the University of California, Berkeley, won...
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