World & Nation
Elizabeth Blackburn of California, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak are named for their discoveries on aging and cancer cells.
Oct. 21, 2013
Science & Medicine
3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
Oct. 6, 2009
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: — 2011: American Bruce Beutler and French researcher Jules Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity, sharing it with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. — 2010: British researcher Robert Edwards for the development of in vitro fertilization. — 2009: Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase, research that has implications for cancer and aging research. — 2008: Harald zur Hausen and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discoveries of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer and the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus. — 2007: Mario R.
March 20, 2019
Business
Accusations of gender discrimination are growing at the Salk Institute, where a third female professor has sued the La Jolla science center for allegedly giving preference to men in pay, promotions, grant funding and leadership positions.
July 21, 2017
Few scientists could probably imagine a more idyllic place to work than the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Feb. 1, 2018
Books
Economics is still the dismal science for most educated Americans.
Dec. 13, 1987
The former president of the Salk Institute discouraged one of her professors from suing for gender discrimination, saying in a private email that legal action could damage the La Jolla science center’s reputation — and suggested it might harm the researcher’s career.
Aug. 12, 2018
The former president of the Salk Institute discouraged one of her professors from suing for gender discrimination, saying in a private email that legal action could damage the La Jolla science center’s reputation — and suggesting it might harm the researcher’s career.
Aug. 13, 2018
Politics
Paul Volcker used to wince when reporters and lawmakers would call him the second most powerful man in America.
Jan. 18, 1988
In keeping with millennial hysteria, the world is enjoying the kind of tumult that invites observers to become prophets.
Jan. 12, 1997