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As Africa’s literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong’o joins the ancestors
On May 28, 2025, an African literary iroko fell. Ngugi wa Thiong’o departed the earth at 87 years old and joined the realm of the ancestors.Born James Ngugi in 1938, he rejected his birth name in 1977 ...
The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
A dam Riess was 27 years old when he began the work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and just 41 when he received ...
Immune restraint through the ages: PD-1 pathway traced to sharks
In 1992, graduate student Yasumasa Ishida discovered PD-1, marking the beginning of a journey that would make this molecule a ...
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Neuroscientist Huda Akil wins Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Huda Akil, PhD, an internationally known neuroscientist whose research has helped reveal the fundamental nature of anxiety, ...
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: The Nobel Laureate who never was
Literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who died on Wednesday, 28, 2025, appeared on the list of favourites for the Nobel Prize in ...
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Last call for nominations for the BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2025 with an increased amount to €350,000
Created to distinguish the most remarkable scientific discoveries in the biomedical field, this international award has a ...
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‘Universities are a place for debate, free speech, in addition to studies,’ says Sir Paul Nurse
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse visits India, champions free speech on campuses and urges stronger biomedical research. In a ...