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By Dec 19, 2013
Science

Foundation Offers $1 Million Prize For A Bioengineered Liver

The liver has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months.
By Feb 22, 2013
Science

Silicon Valley Tycoons Bestow Surprise $33 Million Prize On 11 Unsuspecting Cancer Researchers

Because "curing a disease should be worth more than a touchdown."
By Aug 1, 2012
Science

Nine Unsuspecting Scientists Win $27 Million in Suddenly Announced Largest-Ever Annual Physics Prize

A Russian physics student turned social media billionaire just made theoretical physics the most lucrative thing in science, heaping $3...
By Feb 7, 2012
Science

MIT Scientist Offers $100,000 to Anyone Who Can Prove Quantum Computing Is Impossible

Scott Aaronson, a scientist at MIT who works mostly with theoretical quantum computers, issued a challenge to all of those...
By Oct 6, 2010
Science

Carbon Is So Hot Right Now: Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Carbon-Bonding Technique

First graphene, now this: Carbon is just the hottest element on the block these days. The 2010 Nobel Prize for...
By Oct 1, 2010
Science

This Year’s Ig Nobel Prize: Fruit Bat Fellatio, Whale Snot, and More Weird Science

The Ig Nobel Prize studies are not a joke, but that's not to say you won't laugh.
By Jun 10, 2010
Technology

Inventor of Photosynthesis-Based Solar Cells Wins Millennium Tech Prize

A Switzerland-based chemist who invented solar cells that mimic photosynthesis is the winner of a million-dollar technology prize announced Wednesday....
By Nov 5, 2009
Technology

LaserMotive is First Ever Prize Winner in Space Elevator Games

The team's robot stands to win $900,000 from NASA for climbing a ribbon nearly a kilometer long
By Sep 21, 2009
Science

Netflix Awards $1 Million Prize For Improved Recommendations Engine

A team of former rivals has officially won the competition to improve Netflix movie recommendations. The collaborative known as BellKor’s...
By Sep 1, 2006
Science

The Race to 100 MPG

Gas prices are up, fuel economy is down—but the brightest minds in auto technology are about to do something about...