Herbert Kroemer, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who spearheaded ... CD players and cellphones to satellite communications and fiber-optic networks, died March 8 at 95. His death was announced ...

Nobel prizes for applied research provide recognition for innovations with profound impact, fully in tune with the intentions of Alfred Nobel. The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics honours discoveries ...

Two innovations in photonics that underpin society's adoption of information technology have been honoured in this year's Nobel Prize for Physics. The 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics has honoured ...

“Due to their achievements the optical microscope can now peer into the nanoworld,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in awarding the 8 million crown (1.1 million dollar) prize.

Three scientists on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery and in industry ...