"Joint efforts are urgently needed to combat malaria", China's Tu Youyou who won 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine said here on Sunday.
The 2014 Nobel laureates are taking part in a series of events ahead of the official awards ceremony. On the first day of Nobel Week, 10 out of 13 laureates attended a chair-signing event, news agency TT reported.
Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine and economic science attended the 2013 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm Concert Hall on Tuesday.
Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine and economic science attended the 2013 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm Concert Hall on Tuesday.
The Mexican writer, journalist and essayist Elena Poniatowska was awarded the prestigious Premio Cervantes (Cervantes Prize) on Tuesday, which carried a cash award of 125,000 euros (168,750 U.S. dollars).
The co-winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics Peter Higgs on Tuesday highlighted the importance of fundamental science and the blue-sky research after the Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics from the University of Edinburgh was awarded the Prize.
A presentation ceremony of the annual Shaw Prize was held Monday evening in Hong Kong, with six scientists commended for their prominent work in astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical science.
The significance of scientific achievement was the only award standard of The Shaw Prize, an international award for scientific achievements, said Chen-Ning Yang in Hong Kong Tuesday.