The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German scientist wins Nobel Chemistry Prize UPDATE: German scientist Stefan Hell and two Americans have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for advancing the microscope, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141008/german-researcher-wins-nobel-prize-for-chemistry Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:07:00 +0200 german-researcher-wins-nobel-prize-for-chemistry Call boosted for boys to get cancer jab German Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen received significant support on Thursday for his call for boys to get vaccines given to girls to protect against cervical cancer. A report in the journal Nature says everyone should get the jabs. https://www.thelocal.de/20120830/44659 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:40:00 +0200 44659 Germany asks China to release Nobel laureate Germany on Friday urged China to free jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo to allow him to attend the award ceremony for his 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.thelocal.de/20101008/30367 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:10:00 +0200 30367 Nobel author Müller wants probe into those who spied on her Romanian-born German author Herta Müller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize, has called for an investigation into former spies now living in Germany after it was revealed she was spied on by Romania's secret police, ARD television said late on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100112/24507 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:31:00 +0100 24507 Herta Müller wins Nobel Prize for literature Romanian-born German author Herta Müller won the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20091008/22439 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:14:00 +0200 22439 Herta Müller: A German conscience for Ceauşescu's Romania Romanian-German writer Herta Müller, Thursday's winner of the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize, has used her upbringing under Nicolae Ceauşescu's oppressive regime as her main source of inspiration. https://www.thelocal.de/20091008/22443 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +0200 22443 German receives Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer work German researcher Harald zur Hausen will receive half of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden, for his discovery of human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. https://www.thelocal.de/20081210/16027 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:26:00 +0100 16027 German Nobel winner criticizes big pharma German Nobel Prize winner Harald zur Hausen discovered that a virus causes cervical cancer, and now he has criticized pharmaceutical companies for charging too much for the new vaccine against the virus. https://www.thelocal.de/20081008/14757 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0200 14757 German awarded Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer virus work German researcher Harald zur Hausen has been awarded half of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Intitute announced in Stockholm on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081006/14721 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:24:00 +0200 14721