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
Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch -- and they’re getting closer.
Aug. 26, 2007
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
In an aerospace industry awash in gloom and trepidation, an effusive 37-year-old Frenchman bet his life savings that he could overcome the worst bust in decades and launch a new aerospace company in Southern California.
Dec. 4, 1992
Convinced there was still money to be made in the Southern California aerospace industry, a few years ago French entrepreneur Michel Szostak raised $1 million from an investor friend in France and started a small airline fastener company in Sylmar.
Jan. 24, 1995
Television
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Jan. 8, 2018
Movies
An offbeat rom-com that ventures down the film-noir path, “Hit by Lightning” manages to make dark comedy fresh by combining two formulas.
Oct. 30, 2014
Scripps Research Institute scientists have developed a process that compresses 10 million years of molecular evolution into 10 days--a discovery that offers insights into evolution as well as a new tool for genetically engineered drugs.
July 31, 1992
Scientists at Scripps Research Institute have developed a process that compresses 10 million years of molecular evolution into 10 days--a discovery that offers insights into evolution as well as provides a new tool for genetically engineered drugs.