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2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: About quantum science and mechanics

This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke (University of California, Berkeley), Michel H. Devoret (Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara) and John M. Read More

James Watson, co-discoverer of the shape of DNA and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 97

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ... Read More

Nobel Prize winner who found DNA double-helix dies

Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for confirming that DNA is a double helix made of two strands that coil around each other. The discovery paved the way for ... Read More

James Watson, Nobel-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure, dead at 97

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure, has died at 97. The Nobel Prize winner made the groundbreaking discovery in 1953 at just 24 years old. Read More

James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research

The breakthrough turned the Nobel Prize-winning biologist into a hallowed figure in the world of science. But he later faced condemnation and professional censure for remarks deemed racist. Read More

Decades of Advancement, Discovery Honored in 2025 Science Nobel Prizes

From Oct. 6-8, the Nobel Foundation announced the recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics for advances in quantum mechanics, the prize in physiology or medicine for immune system breakthroughs and ... Read More

An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera ... Read More