Oct 06 Carbon-Bonding Tool Nabs Nobel Chemistry Prize Updated 12:51 p.m. ET | Carbon took center stage again Wednesday as three pioneering chemists won the Nobel for their development of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling, a form of carbon-carbon bonding. The molecular tool, described by the committee as "great… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Graphene: Nobel Winners’ Thin, Mighty Material Holds Much Promise Two Russian-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on graphene, a form of carbon just one atom thick, but 100 times stronger than steel. The NewsHour's new science correspondent, Miles O'Brien, has the details. Continue watching
Oct 05 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance The idea of merging the Web and television was so powerful in the late 90s that the U.S. government classified it as a weapon, but the promise has since suffered "years of false-starts and not-quite-there implementations." As people… Continue reading
Oct 05 Developers of Ultra-Thin, Super-Strong Carbon Win Physics Nobel Two Russian scientists will share $1.5 million and the Nobel Prize in physics for their "groundbreaking experiments" on the world's thinnest and strongest material, graphene. Graphene is just one atom thick, but 100 times stronger than the steel, and… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch In Middle East, Coalition Aims to Ease Tension Over Water Resources As the Israelis and Palestinians grapple with direct negotiations for peace, there's another issue that is dividing them: water. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Middle East. Continue watching
Oct 04 Feinberg: Distance Not a Determining Factor in Paying Oil Spill Claims Since BP first announced it would establish a $20 billion fund to pay claims from the oil spill disaster along the Gulf Coast, one of the more vexing questions has been about what kind of role proximity to the disaster… Continue reading
Oct 04 Nobel Prize Goes to Scientist Who Developed IVF Procedure Robert Edwards stands with Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby," her mother Lesley Brown and her son Cameron, in July 2008. (Photo credit: Bourn Hall Clinic) Updated 1:58 p.m. ET In the first of this week's Nobel… Continue reading
Oct 01 Feinberg: Gulf Oil Spill Claims Paid More Quickly, but Tough Calls Ahead By Murrey Jacobson Payments for claims tied to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are set to crack the $1 billion mark next week, but there are still at least 20,000 claims that have yet to be resolved and… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Student’s Death Sparks Questions on Privacy in the Digital Age Student's Suicide Raises Digital Privacy Questions… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Hunting an ‘Industrial-Strength’ Computer Virus Around the Globe Hari Sreenivasan has the latest on a powerful computer virus that could be targeting nuclear facilities in Iran. Continue watching