Scientists to vie for &#36;25M climate prize
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British tycoon Richard Branson dangled a $25 million prize before the world's top scientists Friday seeking to spur research into devising ways to suck greenhouse gases out of the air.
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Scientists will step into a feud between Washington and its allies over global warming at a British-sponsored meeting this week.
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The 2004 Nobel prizes will be announced between October 4 and 11, the Nobel Foundation said, with US president George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the running for the prestigious Peace Prize.
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Climate change, renewable energy and space exploration will be high on the agenda when scientists from around the world gather for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and to a United Nations panel for their work on global warming.
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With more than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Prize winners, having signed a statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice, this election year is seeing a new development in the uneasy relationship between science and politics.
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The organizers of Science Debate 2008 have sent invitations to the leading presidential candidates in both parties for an April 18 debate that will focus on hot-button science issues like evolution, climate change and stem cell research.
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Scholars from different disciplines are crossing lines to share ideas about reducing the threat of climate change.
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The Nobel Foundation said Wednesday it will begin announcing the 2004 Nobel Prize winners on Oct. 4.
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Climate scientists tell a Stockholm conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Climate experts and politicians  will discuss policies they believe may be needed beyond the Kyoto Protocol.
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Speculation grows ahead of the announcement of the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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More than 100 scientists from 30 countries have gathered in this southwestern English city to pool the latest knowledge about Earth's global warming problem.
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A series of X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.
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The effort by scientists from more than 60 countries aims to understand the dynamics of life at the ends of the earth.
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It could be tiny fibers that may one day replace steel, or catalysts that have led to environmentally friendly plastics. Guessing the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry has often stumped researchers and pundits alike.
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A series of X-Prizes for the scientific or technological breakthroughs that tackle the most important challenges facing humans are being planned.