Nobel Prize
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Meet the Philadelphia Scientists Who Won a 2025 Ig Nobel Prize, and The Study That Led to It
In 1991, the Ig Nobel Prize honors were founded by mathematician Marc Abrahams as a satirical counterpart to the prestigious Nobel Prize. According to organization’s…
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Hepatitis B Vaccine, One of Philadelphia’s Oldest Success Stories, Faces Challenge From Current Administration
The hepatitis B vaccine, one of Philadelphia’s oldest success stories, is facing challenges under the Trump administration, leaving local advocates and patients concerned about its…
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Former Penn Physicist Arthur Goodspeed Accidentally Created the X-Ray in the 1890s
In 1896, University of Pennsylvania physicist Arthur Goodspeed took images of coins inside a small purse, images that became the precursor to what we now…
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Penn Theoretical Physicist Wins Prestigious Lorentz Medal, an Honor Held by Several Future Nobel Laureates
Charles Kane, a theoretical physicist at Penn, will receive the Lorentz Medal for his research on topological insulators, considered a landmark recent scientific advance, writes…
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Firstrust Bank’s Richard Green Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Joins Eight U.S. Presidents as Past Recipients
Firstrust Bank Executive Chairman and Owner Richard J. Green was recently honored as a recipient of a 2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented by…
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BioNTech Agrees to Pay $467M to Penn as Part of COVID-19 Vaccine Royalties Settlement
University of Pennsylvania will receive $467 million from BioNTech as part of a settlement in a lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine royalties, writes John George for…
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Abington’s Katalin Karikó Inducted Into 2024 Class of Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania
Katalin Karikó, a Nobel Prize laureate, Penn professor, and renowned mRNA researcher from Abington, has been inducted into the 2024 Class of Distinguished Daughters of…
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These Philadelphians Are Among Local Contenders for This Year’s Nobel Prizes
Predictions for who might win this year’s Nobel Prizes are pouring in, and several local Philadelphia researchers are on the list, writes Alison McCook for…
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University of Pennsylvania Suing German Drugmaker BioNTech Over COVID-19 Vaccine Payments
The University of Pennsylvania submitted a federal civil lawsuit against BioNTech, alleging that the German drugmaker did not pay Penn its full share of royalties…
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Drew Weissman, Philadelphia Nobel Prize-Winning Immunologist, Has Various Insights on the Future of mRNA Vaccines, Therapies
Philadelphia physician and immunologist Drew Weissman, this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner, was instrumental in the development of first COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccine,…
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