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• Bush critic Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel
Tore Ellingsen, a member of the prize committee, acknowledged that Krugman was an "opinion maker" but said he was honored solely for his research. "We disregard everything except for the scientific merits," Ellingsen told The Associated Press. ...
• Dispute behind Nobel Prize for HIV research
The announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine to French researchers Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier brings another chapter, perhaps the concluding one, to one of the ugliest controversies in modern medical science, charges ...
• Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views
On issues such as abortion, gay marriage and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows. The reason, according to UCLA's Higher Education Research ...
• American Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel
He added that Krugman’s analyses tend to back free trade and his research gives no “support for protectionism.” The 55-year-old American economist was the lone winner of the 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) award and the latest in a string of ...
• AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments
WASHINGTON - A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments ...