Albert Fert

The Daily Star Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize for Literature New York Times Tomas Tranströmer, the Swedish poet whose sometimes bleak but powerful work explores themes of nature, isolation and identity, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, … Excerpts from the citation for the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature Washington Post Swedish Poet Transtromer Wins Nobel in Literature Wall Street Journal Swedish Poet Tomas Transtromer Wins...Read Full Story

CTV.ca Swedish poet Transtromer wins Nobel in literature BusinessWeek The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded on Thursday to Tomas Transtromer of Sweden, whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him wide recognition as the most influential Scandinavian poet … Tomas Tranströmer of Sweden wins literature Nobel San Francisco Chronicle Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize for Literature New York Times Swedish poet wins the Nobel Prize for Literature Mirror.co.uk TIME...Read Full Story

Globe and Mail Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry New York Times Ariel Schalit/AP The scientist Daniel Shechtman, right, during a news conference in Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals. By KENNETH CHANG An Israeli scientist won this year's Nobel .. Read the original post: Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry – New York Times Related BlogsRead Full Story

AFP - IVF pioneer Bob Edwards, who brought the joy of parenthood to millions of infertile couples, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, more than three decades after the first test tube birth.Read Full Story

The above YouTube video is one of the series of videos uploaded by the Nobel Prize Foundation into their YouTube channel where Albert Fert answers questions made by many different persons (I have even seen one Second Life avatar asking one in one of the videos). The series can be watched: Answers from Alber Fert. Albert Fert won the Nobel Prize of Physics in 2007, together with Peter Gruenberg, for the discovery og the Giant Magnetoresitance (GMR) effect in 1988, which he explains in a very...Read Full Story

Paul R. Krugman, a Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist known as much for his attacks on Bush Administration policies as for his academic achievements, was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for his theories on global trade. Krugman, 55, was honored “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity,” said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which selects the winners. His work showed how economies of scale influence trade and...Read Full Story

Krugman is an unapologetic liberal so we can all be proud of Mr. Krugman, a frequent guest on Olbermann’s Countdown show. From the MSNBC writeup: Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity. Krugman has been a harsh critic of the Bush administration and the Republican Party in The New York Times, where he writes a...Read Full Story

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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Albert Fert. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story

Giant Magnetoresistance The two winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics -- Albert Fert, of the Université Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Peter Grünberg, of the Institute of Solid State Research at the Jülich Research Center in Germany - made their contributions to the computer age as far back as 1988. Now that the smallest commercially available hard drive is an IPod, the inventors that led to its development, and many yet to come, have received the grand prix of awards.read moreRead Full Story