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Daily briefing: Negative result deepens vaping sickness mystery

Nature News - Mon 14 Oct 19

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03128-9Researchers are struggling to even categorize the chemicals contained in e-cigarettes, three ‘randomistas’ ...

'Randomistas' who used controlled trials to fight poverty win economics Nobel

Nature News - Mon 14 Oct 19

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03125-yAbhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have been awarded the prize for their experimental ...

Economics Nobel goes to poverty-fighting science

ScienceNews - Mon 14 Oct 19

Three scientists share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing real-world interventions for tackling poverty.

Trio win Nobel Economics Prize for work on poverty

Phys.org - Mon 14 Oct 19

A trio of American economists on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including with new approaches in education and healthcare, the Royal Swedish ...

Esther Duflo: French specialist in combatting poverty

Phys.org - Mon 14 Oct 19

Esther Duflo, one of three people awarded the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, is a high-profile academic feted in the United States and her home country France for her hands-on approach to ...

Nobel awards season comes to an end with economics prize

Phys.org - Mon 14 Oct 19

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the last Nobel winner later Monday, when it awards its prestigious economics prize.

Trio of economists awarded Nobel prize for their work on alleviating poverty

ZME Science - Mon 14 Oct 19

You could hardly imagine a more noble award.

Trio wins economics Nobel for science-based poverty fight

Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19

U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work fighting poverty that has helped millions of children by favouring ...

Trio wins economics Nobel for fighting poverty, Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19
Poverty-tackling trio win Nobel economics prize, Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19

Indian-born Nobel prize-winner comes from 'family of economists'

Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19

Indian politicians and academics cheered the Nobel economics prize awarded on Monday to Indian-born American Abhijit Banerjee, whose proud mother told visitors crowding into her apartment that ...

Pioneers in fight against poverty win 2019 Nobel economics prize

Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. ...

Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer win 2019 Nobel economics prize, Reuters - Mon 14 Oct 19