2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize for studies on ribosomeSTOCKHOLM — Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics. 3 men share 2009 Nobel Prize in physics for work in networking society, digital photographySTOCKHOLM — Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. 3 men share 2009 Nobel physics prize for work in networking society, digital photographySTOCKHOLM — Three Americans whose 1960s research laid the foundation for today’s world of computerized images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at the heart of digital cameras. Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith share 2009 Nobel Prize in physicsSTOCKHOLM — The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for breakthroughs involving the transmission of light in fiber optics and inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit. Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak win Nobel medicine prizeSTOCKHOLM — Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that has inspired new lines of research into cancer. |