https://www.scmp.com/rss/516256/feed Stories highlighting what has driven current and past winners of the prestigious Shaw Prize – the annual international award honouring individuals who have made invaluable contributions to modern civilisation through their academic and scientific work in the fields of astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical science. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com How did one of Hong Kong’s biggest media tycoons come to found a science award that has recognised and honoured individuals who have made more than 60 notable discoveries and significant contributions that changed the course of history? Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Run Run Shaw – impressed by what the Nobel Prize had accomplished – set up the prestigious Shaw Prize in 2002. Today, the Shaw Prize, first presented in 2004, is awarded in three categories, astronomy, life science and... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3245612/nobel-prize-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3245612/nobel-prize-east?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:00:09 +0000 The presence of women in science should be normalised today, but research shows there is still some catching up to do. According to the Unesco Institute of Statistics’ data, focused on women working in science, fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s research scientists are women. The South China Morning Post interviews three renowned women scientists – planetary astronomer Jane Luu and geneticist Huda Zoghbi, who are both Shaw Prize winners, and mathematician Hélène Esnault, who is a Shaw Prize... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3238503/women-scientists-overcome-gender-bias?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3238503/women-scientists-overcome-gender-bias?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Oct 2023 04:00:26 +0000 Some people imagine the world of scientific discovery involves a “eureka moment”– a sudden cry in a laboratory in the middle of the night – as someone suddenly understands something important. But in reality it can often take months or years of painstaking research by teams of people to achieve breakthroughs that can change the world. Yet the work is far from mundane, and often littered with pithy anecdotes, about scientists deriving inspiration from innovative television programmes about space... https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3229122/7-shaw-prize-winners-reveal-inspiration-groundbreaking-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/news/topics/people-who-change-world/article/3229122/7-shaw-prize-winners-reveal-inspiration-groundbreaking-work?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:00:12 +0000