BORN HERE, “NOBELLED” ABROAD !! :: 1/5 :: “NO-BALLED” AT HOME !!!???
Indian origin American scientist Venkataraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2009 for his contributions to ribosome research. He shares the $1.4-million prize with two other scientists. He was educated in Tamil Nadu and Baroda but he still had to go to the United States to do the research that brought him the Nobel Prize just like India’s other Nobel laureates, S Chandrashekhar, Hargobind Khorana and Amartya Sen.
In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Dr Ramakrishnan said India still couldnt afford cutting-edge scientific research.
…………CNN-IBN’s Face The Nation debated: Can Indian universities throw up a Nobel laureate?
On the panel of experts to try and answer the question were IIT alumnus and best-selling author Chetan Bhagat; sociologist Ashis Nandy and Director of Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science Ranjit Nair.
At the beginning of the debate, 51 per cent agreed that Indian universities could throw up a Nobel laureate, while 49 per cent disagreed.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ftn-no-recognition-at-home-born-here-nobel-abroad/102947-3.html
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President Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – shazam!
This video is meant as no criticism for President Obama. The criticism is for the brain dead at the Nobel Peace Prize committee attempting to exert political influence via this meaningless award.
The award became meaningless in 2007 when it was awarded to that snake oil salesman Al Gore over Irena Sendler. Ms. Sendler was a Polish Catholic social worker in Nazi occupied Warsaw, Poland during World War Two Ms. Sendler was responsible for saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish infants from Nazi extermination. Irena was caught by the Nazis, beaten, and tortured. She managed to escape and live till May, 2008. The bums at the Nobel Peace Prize felt Al Gore was more deserving.
President Obama makes the third sitting president to receive the award. First was President Theodore Roosevelt for his role in settling the Japanese / Russian war. President Woodrow Wilson received the award for his work in creating the League of Nations.
Others nominated this year were three victims from communist led China, The Middle Kingdom:
Wei Jingsheng, spent 17 years in commie Chinese labor camp for encouraging reforms in the commie party.
Hu Jia, democracy, environmental, AIDS activist sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for subversive activities.
Gao Zhisheng, human rights lawyer who attempted to defend Falun Gong practitioners, was kidnapped and tortured.
From the Congo in Africa:
Dr. Denis Mukwege, Congolese doctor who treated 21,000 women over 12 years who were victim of gang rape during Congo’s civil war. Performed up to 10 surgeries a day. His hospital has treated hundreds of thousands of women in the Congo
From another Asian commie nation:
Thich Quang Do Vietnamese patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, been jailed several times by the Viet commies / Vietcong thugs. In 1999 went to visit an 80 year old patriarch, was forcibly escorted back to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). In 2001 placed under house arrest where police maintain 24 hour cordon around this residence.
2010 should be interesting as Michael Jackson has been nominated.
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Dr.John Mather:2006 Nobel Prize for Physics
Dr.John Mather:2006 Nobel Prize for PhysicsIg Nobel Prize in Medicine for Sword Swallowing
Sword Swallower Dan Meyer and Radiologist Dr. Brian Witcombe receive the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University for their research paper “Sword Swallowing and its side effects” as published in the British Medical Journal. Dr. Witcombe is a British radiologist who was studying unusual x-rays when he met Dan Meyer, President of the Sword Swallowers Association International, one of only a few dozen sword swallowers left in the entire world. Their 2 year research paper on sword swallowing injuries won them the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine. The information they compiled is historical in the 4000 year history of sword swallowing, and invaluable to sword swallowers and physicians who treat their life-threatening injuries. Meyer and Witcombe present interesting science/medical lectures at science festivals and medical functions around the world.
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National Science Foundation announces $20 million research award to South Carolina
The National Science Foundation on Thursday (July 23) awarded $20 million to 10 S.C. colleges and universities to establish a statewide alliance in the field of tissue biofabrication, a pioneering research field that could lead to the production of human organs.
For more information:
http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=350
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