U of Washington biochemist wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

College of Washington biochemist David Baker has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in “computational protein design.” He’ll obtain half of the $1.1 million prize; the opposite half will likely be cut up between Demis Hassabis and John Jumper of Google DeepMind, who gained for “protein construction prediction.” In keeping…

Two U.S. scientists win Nobel Prize in Physiology, Medication

Two American scientists have gained the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medication for the invention of microRNA “and its function in post-transcriptional gene regulation,” the Nobel committee introduced Monday. Victor Ambros, who’s affiliated with the College of Massachusetts Medical Faculty, and Gary Ruvkun, who’s at Harvard Medical Faculty, shared the prize for his or…

Jean-Paul Sartre Rejects the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964: “It Was Monstrous!”

In a 2013 weblog put up, the good Ursu­la Ok. Le Guin quotes a Lon­don Instances Lit­er­ary Sup­ple­ment col­umn by a “J.C.,” who satir­i­cal­ly professional­pos­es the “Jean-Paul Sartre Prize for Prize Refusal.” “Writ­ers throughout Europe and Amer­i­ca are flip­ing down awards within the hope of being nom­i­nat­ed for a Sartre,” writes J.C., “The Sartre Prize…