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3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
Three U.S. scientists who discovered key aspects of how cells and animals age and how cancer cells become immortal have won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Elizabeth Blackburn of UC San Francisco, Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, University of California, Berkeley, Science and Technology, University of California, Education
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ISRAEL: Nobel laureate Ada Yonath irks right wing, feminists
Babylon & BeyondThe Nobel Prizes take people from the forefront of their particular fields into the public eye. The intentions are good, a recognition of outstanding merit and achievement, of contribution to humanity. And it is humanity's nature to be curious about...... -
Robert Swan donates shoe to East Jordan Shoe Club
EAST JORDAN -- Matt Hamilton's Shoe Club at East Jordan Middle School is dedicated to helping students learn to set goals and a mission for their lives. Hamilton, a history teacher at the school, has collected shoes from people who excel at what they do...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Teaching and Learning, Justin Bieber, Students, Education
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Unique East Jordan club inspired by footwear of famous
"Dream Big" is the first thing one sees upon entering East Jordan Middle School teacher Matt Hamilton's classroom, along with the shelves lining the room with hundreds of shoes on them. Hamilton's Shoe Club is dedicated to helping middle school students...
Tags: Middle Schools, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Michael Jordan, Nobel Prize Awards
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Exercise: The Anti-Aging Shield
Tribune Media ServicesThe biological life span of any species is roughly six times the stretch between birth and maturity. Using this formula, the human life span is about 120 years, which is borne out in the record books. The oldest people who have ever lived all topped out...Tags: Death, Science and Technology, Research, Nobel Prize Awards, Plastic Surgeons
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Nobel Prize: Watching Obama's lecture
The Swampby Mark Silva They've already had the lecture on "Telomeres and Telomerase: The Means to the End,'' by Elizabeth Blackburn, one of the Nobel Prize winners in medicine. And they've already heard the lecture on "Decoding the Genetic Message,'' by......Tags: U.S. Military, Nobel Prize Awards, Oslo (Norway), Stockholm (Sweden), Alfred Nobel
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Americans Win Nobel Prize for Medicine
The Associated PressThree Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging. The research by Elizabeth H. Blackburn,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Howard Hughes, Science and Technology, Science, University of California
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Americans Ostrom and Williamson win Nobel economics prize, Ostrom 1st female winner
The 33 NewsSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems. Ostrom was...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Science and Technology, Indiana University, Energy Resources, Science
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San Diego native shares Nobel Prize for medicine
FOX 5 San Diego StaffOne of the three American scientists sharing this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is a San Diego native, and another is a professor at the University of Calfornia. Carol W. Greider, who works at the Johns Hopkins University School of...Tags: Carol W. Greider, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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