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Aung San Suu Kyi – Speed read
Speed read
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi. Full name: Aung San Suu KyiBorn: 19 June 1945, Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)Date awarded: 14 October 1991 Champion of democracy Aung San Suu Kyi led the opposition to the…
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Statement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Statement
10 January 2022 Statement of the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi The latest verdict against Aung San Suu Kyi is a politically motivated verdict. Thirty years after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi is still the leading advocate for democracy in Myanmar. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is deeply concerned…
morePerspectives: Magnetic Music Maker
Perspectives
Richard Ernst, a self-confessed tool maker, changed the way in which we listen to the magnetic melodies within atoms to such an extent that it became the most powerful tool in chemical analysis. At the beginning of Richard Ernst’s scientific career, who he worked with mattered more to him than what he worked on. While…
moreSpeed read: Tuning the Chemical Piano
Speed read
Scientific progress can be said to be determined not only by the ingenuity of basic findings but also by the key developments that expand their use. A prime example is Richard Ernst’s advances that have successfully brought a technique known as nuclear magnetic resonance, or NMR, to the scientific and medical mainstream. In the late…
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