http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293096,anthropologist-claude-levi-strauss-dies-at-age-100.html Paris - Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, has died at age 100, the Academie Francaise said Tuesday. Levi-Strauss, who would have turned 101 on November 28, died early Sun... Science,Technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293096,anthropologist-claude-levi-strauss-dies-at-age-100.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292014,british-scientists-thrilled-at-sea-monster-discovery-on-coast.html London - British scientists said Tuesday they were excited at the discovery of the fossilised skull of a giant sea monster in a scenic region of south-west Britain known as the Jurassic Coast. Dorset county council said the fossil comes from a plio... Science,Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292014,british-scientists-thrilled-at-sea-monster-discovery-on-coast.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291817,disgraced-southkorean-clone-scientist-gets-2-year-term--summary.html Seoul- A South Korean scientist initially hailed as a cloning pioneer and national hero was handed a two-year suspended sentence Monday for embezzling research money after an investigation uncovered faked research into cloning human embryonic stem ce... Science,Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:31:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291817,disgraced-southkorean-clone-scientist-gets-2-year-term--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291773,disgraced-southkorean-cloning-researcher-found-guilty.html Seoul - The South Korean scientist initially hailed as a cloning pioneer and national hero until an investigation found some faked research into cloning human embryonic stem cells was convicted Monday of embezzling research grants. Hwang Woo Suk, 56,... Science,Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:16:47 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291773,disgraced-southkorean-cloning-researcher-found-guilty.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290351,bokova-elected-first-woman-unesco-director-general--summary.html Paris - Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova was Thursday officially elected the first woman director-general of UNESCO, the Paris-based scientific and cultural organization said late Thursday. The 57-year-old Bokova was overwhelmingly confirmed by a vote... Science,Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:28:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290351,bokova-elected-first-woman-unesco-director-general--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290336,bokova-officially-elected-first-woman-unesco-director-general.html Paris - Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova was Thursday officially elected the first woman director-general of UNESCO, the Paris-based scientific and cultural organization said late Thursday. The 57-year-old Bokova was confirmed by a vote of the 193-mem... Science,Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290336,bokova-officially-elected-first-woman-unesco-director-general.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289911,cern-researcher-placed-under-investigation-for-terrorism.html Paris - A 32-year-old French-Algerian physicist working at the CERN nuclear research centre has been placed under investigation on charges of associating with known criminals in a terrorist undertaking, French media reported Tuesday. The suspect an... Science,Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:17:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289911,cern-researcher-placed-under-investigation-for-terrorism.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289849,economics-nobel-winner-williamson-builds-bridges-with-social-sciences.html New York - Nobel laureate Oliver Williamson may not be widely known by the general public, but his theories have been studied by generations of economic and finance students. Williamson of the University of California at Berkeley was awarded the priz... Science,Technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:22:57 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289849,economics-nobel-winner-williamson-builds-bridges-with-social-sciences.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289186,brilliant-mind-of-nobel-laureate-scientist-affected-by-alzheimers.html Hong Kong - The brilliant scientist awarded the Nobel Prize for physics is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and may not be able to give a speech when he collects his prize later this year, a news report said Thursday. Nobel laureate Charles Kuen Ka... Science,Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:17:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289186,brilliant-mind-of-nobel-laureate-scientist-affected-by-alzheimers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289144,profile-nobel-winner-thomas-steitz-chemistry-and-a-cooking-pot.html New York - For the latest Nobel Prize winner, chemistry isn't confined just to the laboratory. Thomas Steitz, a Yale University biochemist, was awarded the Nobel Prize Wednesday along with Indian-American scientist Venkatr... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:11:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289144,profile-nobel-winner-thomas-steitz-chemistry-and-a-cooking-pot.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289110,profilevenkatraman-ramakrishan-2009-nobel-chemistry-laureate.html London - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Indian-born scientist and joint recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry, responded with typical modesty to the award Wednesday. In a statement from Britain's Cambridge University, where he has been worki... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:11:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289110,profilevenkatraman-ramakrishan-2009-nobel-chemistry-laureate.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289091,profile-ada-yonath-2009-nobel-chemistry-laureate.html Tel Aviv - Ada Yonath, joint recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry, is an Israeli crystallographer known for her work on the structure of ribosome, a part of the cell that synthesizes protein and translates genetic code in the production of... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:53:13 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289091,profile-ada-yonath-2009-nobel-chemistry-laureate.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289089,nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath--summary.html Stockholm -US duo Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A Steitz, and Israeli Ada E Yonath, were Wednesday named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for fundamental discoveries about a key life process, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sa... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:53:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289089,nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289079,israeli-nobel-chemistry-winner-pretty-surprised-by-award.html Tel Aviv - The Israeli joint winner of this year's Nobel Prise for chemistry said Wednesday she was surprised to be among the winners. I was pretty surprised, because I wasn't expecting it, Professor Ada Yonath said. ... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:58:59 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289079,israeli-nobel-chemistry-winner-pretty-surprised-by-award.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289077,nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath--2nd-update.html Stockholm - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath have won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, it was announced in Stockholm on Wednesday. Ramakrishnan and Steitz are US citizens, Yonath is from Israel. ... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:47:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289077,nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath--2nd-update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289068,1stlead-nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath.html Stockholm - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath have won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, it was announced in Stockholm on Wednesday. Ramakrishnan and Steitz are US citizens, Yonath is from Israel. ... Science,Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:05:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289068,1stlead-nobel-chemistry-prize-to-ramakrishnan-steitz-yonath.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288984,profile-george-smith--nobel-winner-and-world-sailor.html New York - George Smith, 79, was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his work with colleague Willard Boyle developing technology that is the basis of digital photography. He worked at Bell Laboratories until his retiremen... Science,Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:17:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288984,profile-george-smith--nobel-winner-and-world-sailor.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288983,nobel-awarded-for-work-behind-fibre-optics-digital--summary.html Stockholm - Charles K Kao, Willard S Boyle and George E Smith - dubbed the masters of light - on Tuesday won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries behind data and telephone transmissions and the digital camera... Science,Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:11:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288983,nobel-awarded-for-work-behind-fibre-optics-digital--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288944,2nd-refile-kao-willard-and-boyle-win-nobel-prize--summary.html Stockholm - Charles K Kao, Willard S Boyle and George E Smith - dubbed the masters of light on Tuesday won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of importance for the internet and data and telephone ... Science,Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:37:52 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288944,2nd-refile-kao-willard-and-boyle-win-nobel-prize--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288928,profile-charles-kao-father-of-fibre-optics-nobel-winner.html Hong Kong - Charles Kao, who was named one of the winners Tuesday of the Nobel Prize in Physics, is known as the father of fibre optic communications for his discovery in the 1960s of the properties of glass fibres, which laid the groundwork for da... Science,Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:41:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288928,profile-charles-kao-father-of-fibre-optics-nobel-winner.html