People in science
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to US duo for work on sense of touch
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share 10m-kronor prize for discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
Ian Sample Science editor
04, Oct, 2021 @11:35 AM
Antony Hewish obituary
Radio astronomer who won the Nobel prize for physics for his role in the discovery of pulsars
Michael Rowan-Robinson
03, Oct, 2021 @4:42 PM
Jim Townsley obituary
Other lives: Industrial chemist with the photographic film company Ilford Limited
Ruth Townsley
03, Oct, 2021 @11:10 AM
Carolyn Shoemaker obituary
American astronomer, leading asteroid hunter and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter
Michael Rowan-Robinson
27, Sep, 2021 @5:46 PM
Sir Michael Peckham obituary
Oncologist who pioneered modern treatments for testicular cancer – the jockey Bob Champion was one of his patients
Jeffrey Tobias
14, Sep, 2021 @4:58 PM
Steven Weinberg obituary
Winner of the 1979 Nobel prize whose insights determined the direction of high-energy particle physics for decades
Frank Close
02, Aug, 2021 @4:02 PM
Sir Dai Rees obituary
Visionary biochemist who was appointed head of the Medical Research Council in 1987
Gregory Winter
25, Jul, 2021 @4:36 PM
Lisa French obituary
Archaeologist involved all her life with Mycenae and an authority on the ancient Greek culture’s terracotta figurines
Susan Sherratt
22, Jul, 2021 @11:12 AM
Christopher Taylor obituary
Landscape archaeologist who deepened understanding of the changing English countryside
Christopher Dyer
09, Jul, 2021 @5:09 PM
Ailsa Land obituary
Researcher into mathematical approaches to real-world problems who seized on the increased possibilities offered by computers
Georgina Ferry
14, Jun, 2021 @11:32 AM
Ronald Cresswell obituary
Pharmaceutical researcher with a flair for business who brought a string of vital drugs to market
Penny Warren
10, Jun, 2021 @5:11 PM
John Latham obituary
Climate physicist and expert on thunderstorm electrification who was also a published poet
Alan Gadian
30, May, 2021 @4:43 PM
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