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Last updated: October 2026
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The Belgian-born Wisconsin physicist who proposed, in 1988, burying light sensors in Antarctic ice wins physics' highest honour for IceCube — the cubic kilometre of ice that opened neutrino astronomy.
NewsThe 2026 medicine prize honours the trio who gave neuroscience a light switch: light-gated ion channels from a pond alga that let researchers turn individual brain cells on and off. 12 million kronor
NewsA 95-year-old French chemist and a 76-year-old Japanese chemist cracked homochirality, the century-old riddle of one-handed molecules, and handed the pharmaceutical industry the tools behind modern dr
NewsStockholm honoured Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for rebuilding macroeconomics on the decisions of real households and firms — the theory that now guides interest rates, inflation targets and cr
NewsOn the shore of Lake Albert, a mobile laboratory delivers its verdict in about an hour. But the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is still outrunning the science meant to stop it.
NewsThe president published Tom Cotton's cell phone number to force a vote on permanent daylight saving time. The economics are real. His remedy is not what the science recommends.
NewsArctic waters are warming eight times faster than the global ocean average. Sea ice is vanishing at a rate of one Spain per decade — and the Mediterranean just endured its worst marine heatwave on rec
NewsOctober is breast cancer awareness month, and France is all in — 61,000 diagnoses a year, a national screening push, and a Paris lab growing 'tumors on a chip' to beat the disease in four days.
NewsDrivers love electric cars, but some passengers get sick. Researchers have found why — regenerative braking, instant torque, and silence confuse the inner ear. From BYD to Xiaomi, automakers are now s
NewsThe ESA astronaut splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday with three crewmates after eight months aboard the International Space Station, setting a new European endurance record — and on Saturday in
NewsThe Swedish Academy honoured the Canadian poet, essayist and translator of ancient Greek for work in playful dialogue with the classical tradition. She learned the news in Iceland, listening to the wi
NewsThe 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to South African jurist Navi Pillay. Hours later, the US sanctioned the ICC she once served, pitting Oslo's honor against Washington's hammer.
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