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Sep 18, 2015
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News tagged with award
Effort to fight African blindness wins $1.1M eyesight prize
Three institutions that work together to fight blindness and poverty in Africa are sharing a 1 million euro ($1.1 million) prize from a Portuguese foundation.
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Sep 8, 2015
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Japan loos flush with success after toilet design contest
Japan's luckiest lavatories have received a government award for their spotless appearance in a hard-fought contest among the nation's prettiest and most practical loos.
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Sep 7, 2015
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Tiny, light-activated crystal sponges fail over time. Why?
Hole-filled crystals called MOFs could one day serve as high-tech sponges, sopping up spilled oil, greenhouse gases and other chemicals.
Materials Science
Aug 6, 2015
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Wikipedia wins top Spanish prize for international cooperation
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia was on Wednesday awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation.
Internet
Jun 17, 2015
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French, US biochemists win top Spanish prize for science
Biochemists Emmanuelle Charpentier from France and Jennifer Doudna from the United States have been awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias scientific research award for their work in biotechnology.
Biochemistry
May 28, 2015
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Tinder, Vice honored in online Webby awards
The online dating app Tinder was this year's "breakout" Internet service while bad-boy news website Vice Media got multiple honors in the "Webby" awards announced Monday.
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Apr 27, 2015
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Study will parse evolutionary shift between life in water and on land
Occasionally, a crux of evolutionary success is summed up with the phrase "only the strong survive." But that's not right exactly. Really, it's a knack for rolling with changes that characterizes most thriving organisms.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2015
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How can we really get to a trillion sensors to power the Internet of Things?
Benton N. Calhoun, Commonwealth Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected as the co-winner of the 2015 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year Award, given by the University of Virginia's ...
Engineering
Apr 6, 2015
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Snowden calls on UN to protect privacy, rights
Edward Snowden, co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award, has called on the United Nations to propose new measures to protect individual privacy and human rights.
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Dec 1, 2014
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