http://www.mail.com/subjects/19668-scientific-prizes-competitions.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/19668-scientific-prizes-competitions.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2055320-alan-alda-wants-scientists-to-cut-jargon.html STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on "M.A.S.H." was an end-to-end anastomosis. Most of the viewers, actor Alan Alda concedes, had no idea he was talking about removing a damaged piece of intestine and reconnecting the healthy pieces. Today, the award-winning film and television star is on a mission to teac... Wed, 01 May 2013 07:24:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2055320-alan-alda-wants-scientists-to-cut-jargon.html 2013-05-01T07:24:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the richest prizes in medicine and biomedical research. Dr. Peter Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Janet Rowley of the University of Chicago and Dr. Brian Druker of Oregon Health and ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:31:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html 2013-04-16T15:31:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2010938-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story April 10 about a letter being auctioned, The Associated Press erroneously reported on the first auction of a Nobel medal. The auction was for Aage Niels Bohr's 1975 honor, not his father Niels Bohr's 1922 honor. A corrected version of the story is below: DNA discoverer's letter sells for $5.3M, a record Note from DNA Nobel winne... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:40:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2010938-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-story.html 2013-04-11T23:40:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2013232-francis-cricks-nobel-medal-sells-2m.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Nobel Prize won by Francis Crick in 1962 for his discovery of DNA was sold Thursday at auction for more than $2 million. Heritage Auctions identified the buyer as Jack Wang, CEO of Biomobie, a regenerative medicine technology company located in Silicon Valley and Shanghai. The price surpassed the pre-sale estimate of $500,000. ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:26:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2013232-francis-cricks-nobel-medal-sells-2m.html 2013-04-11T21:26:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954100-physicists-they-higgs-boson.html GENEVA (AP) — It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. In what could go down as one of the great Eureka! moments in physics — and win somebody the Nobel Prize — scientists said Thursday that after a half-century quest, they are confident they have found a ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:30:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954100-physicists-they-higgs-boson.html 2013-03-14T20:30:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1850556-correction-europe-science-bonanza-story.html BRUSSELS (AP) — In a story Jan. 28 about a European Union science award, The Associated Press reported erroneously that €1 billion euros was equivalent to $1.34 million. The correct conversion is that €1 billion euros equals $1.34 billion. A corrected version of the story is below: 2 science projects win up to $1.3 billion each European projects to model ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1850556-correction-europe-science-bonanza-story.html 2013-01-31T15:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1852894-cadavers-honored-med-student-dissection-lab.html GARY, Ind. (AP) — When medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honor these bodies donated to science. But the ceremonies at one medical school have a surreal twist: Relatives gather around the cold steel tables where their loved ones were dissected and which now hold their remai... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1852894-cadavers-honored-med-student-dissection-lab.html 2013-01-29T07:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837758-court-rejects-bid-to-marijuana-reclassified.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use. The appeals court panel denied the bid from three medical marijuana groups, including Americans for Safe Access, and several individuals. In 2011, the Drug Enforcement Administratio... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837758-court-rejects-bid-to-marijuana-reclassified.html 2013-01-22T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826668-2-americans-1-swede-share-crafoord-science-prize.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Americans and a Swede have won this year's Crafoord Prize, a 4 million kronor ($600,000) scientific award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to honor achievements not always covered by its more famous Nobel Prizes. Peter Gregersen of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research near New York, Robert Winchester of Columbia ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826668-2-americans-1-swede-share-crafoord-science-prize.html 2013-01-17T09:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1821700-race-eus-13-billion-science-projects.html BERLIN (AP) — Call it Europe's Got Talent for geeks. Teams of scientists from across the continent are vying for a funding bonanza that could see two of them receive up to €1 billion ($1.33 billion) over 10 years to keep Europe at the cutting edge of technology. The contest began with 26 proposals that were whittled down to six last ye... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1821700-race-eus-13-billion-science-projects.html 2013-01-15T14:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an established image was shattered by a fall from grace. Whitney Houston ruled as a queen of pop music, but ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html 2012-12-19T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757884-hawking-cern-scientists-win-huge-physics-prize.html GENEVA (AP) — A Russian billionaire's foundation is awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes and to seven scientists at the world's biggest atom-smasher for their roles in the discovery of a new subatomic particle believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson. Yuri Milner's Fundamental ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757884-hawking-cern-scientists-win-huge-physics-prize.html 2012-12-11T10:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742596-texas-teen-takes-100k-national-science-prize.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm that could be used in applications like driverless cars. The Siemens Foundation announced the winners of its annual science competition for high school students during a ceremony ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742596-texas-teen-takes-100k-national-science-prize.html 2012-12-04T19:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1732450-reeling-texas-cancer-agency-okd-faulty-11m-award.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Leaders of Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't reviewed, according to an internal audit that deepens the troubles of a state agency that has been denounced in recent months by some of the world's top scientists. The discovery was uncov... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1732450-reeling-texas-cancer-agency-okd-faulty-11m-award.html 2012-11-30T01:08:00Z