Peter Higgs, Francois Englert win 2013 physics Nobel prize for predicting existence of Higgs boson

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:35

Britain`s Peter Higgs and Belgium`s Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson.

Four arrested for trying to sell fake Tagore Nobel

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 13:11

Four persons were arrested for trying to sell fake Nobel medallion of Rabindranath Tagore, the police said on Saturday.

Anti-chemical weapons activist wins Swedish rights prize

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 17:40

US anti-chemical weapons campaigner Paul Walker, 67, was jointly awarded the Swedish Right Livelihood Award on Thursday honouring those who work to improve the lives of others.

Two Higgs boson scientists tipped for Nobel Prize

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 13:51

Two scientists who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson - the mysterious particle that explains why elementary matter has mass - are Thomson Reuters` top tips to win this year`s Nobel Prize in physics.

Weird, funny scientific discoveries honoured at 23rd Ig Nobel awards

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 18:45

The 23rd Ig Nobel awards reportedly saw actual Nobel laureates announcing the winners of some of the most weird and humorous scientific discoveries.

Bangladesh govt orders legal action against Muhammad Yunus

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 22:42

Government ordered legal action against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, for claiming tax exemption for income from foreign sources, misuse of power and violating foreign travel regulations.

Erwin Schrödinger honoured with Google doodle on 126th birthday

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 10:18

Google on Monday celebrated the 126th birth anniversary of Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel prize-winning quantum physicist with a doodle on its homepage.

Manmohan Singh can get a Nobel recommendation from Obama but not FDI: CPI

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 20:41

CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over government`s efforts to get FDI and said India should stop looking at the US and other countries for help.

Tripura govt to celebrate centenary of Tagore`s Nobel

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 16:11

The Tripura government has decided to celebrate the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore winning the Nobel Prize, Bhanu Lal Saha said.

US urges China to free Nobel dissident`s wife

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 08:00

The US is calling for China to release the wife of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo from house arrest.

Sir Robert Edwards---the father of `engineered` babies

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 10:26

A Nobel laureate, Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards has been credited with bringing hope to the lives of millions of couples unable to conceive naturally, through IVF.

Francis Crick’s DNA letter to son fetches $6 million

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 08:59

A letter the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA wrote to his son announcing the news sold Wednesday for a record sum of just over $6 million, Christie`s said.