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Proving skeptics wrong, he shared a Nobel Prize in 2013 for using computers to better understand chemical reactions and biological processes. Martin Karplus, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical chemist who used [...]

He grew up playing with model construction sets. As an adult, he tinkered with molecules instead, creating nanomachines and winning a Nobel Prize. J. Fraser Stoddart, a Scottish-born scientist who [...]

At 31, he and a colleague won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that subatomic particles, contrary to what scientists thought, are not always symmetrical. Tsung-Dao Lee, a [...]

He shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries that paved the way for high-speed internet communication, mobile phones and bar-code readers. Herbert Kroemer, a German-born American physicist who was [...]

She was the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. But people focused more on her looks than on her ability. Lisa Lane, an early star [...]

Seeds of doubt have grown into a disturbance among some in the game's top ranks. This is an era of milk and honey for those who live, breathe and make [...]

Writing in a conversational and colloquial style, he offered practical advice on how to cut down on mistakes, the most difficult part of the game to master. Jeremy Silman, an [...]

Did Hans Niemann secretly use a supercomputer to beat the world champion Magnus Carlsen? The International Chess Federation won't say until October, at the earliest. In September, when the five-time [...]

Ding prevailed in a rapid-play tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He is the first Chinese man to hold the world title. Chess is considered the ultimate game of cold, [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain A pioneer in aerospace, she invented a technology that has enabled scientists to map and study the earth for more than 50 years. Virginia Norwood, an [...]

A victory by Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren would come with political overtones. But Magnus Carlsen's absence is the talk of the final. When Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren face [...]

His and a colleague's breakthroughs in high-temperature superconductors were honored with a Nobel Prize in Physics and opened up a world of scientific possibilities. It's rare for a scientist to [...]

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, ranked No. 17 among women in the world, is heading for Spain after forgoing a head scarf at an international championship. ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Iran's top female chess [...]

The day before he beat the greatest chess player in the world, Hans Niemann was a curly-haired 19-year-old American known only to serious fans of the game and mostly as [...]

He was known for playing some of the least respected openings, including the Grob, the Creepy Crawly or the St. George Defense. But he was often successful. Michael Basman, an [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain His opening repertoire was often successful. But it should have carried a label: 'Do not try these at home (or at least not in important competitions).' [...]

The decision by the world's best player to surrender his title means the game will have a new champion. But taking the crown is not the same as beating the [...]

A grandmaster and a sports psychologist, he was part of the support team for the world champion Boris Spassky in his 1972 loss to Bobby Fischer. In September 1972, a [...]

Garry Kasparov was just 10 when Mr. Nikitin took him on as a student. By age 17, with Mr. Nikitin as his coach, he was a grandmaster. Alexander Nikitin, the [...]

He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of forces that can distort the shape of an atomic nucleus, with implications for human-made nuclear fission. Ben Roy Mottelson, [...]

He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries of forces that can distort the shape of an atomic nucleus, with implications for human-made nuclear fission. Ben Roy Mottelson, [...]

A Russian, he was one of the world's best players during the Cold War of the 1950s, joining other top competitors as the pride of the Soviet Union. Yuri Averbakh, [...]

He helped perfect the manufacturing of compounds that are now used to make everything from plastics to pharmaceuticals, marking an advance in ''green chemistry.'' Robert H. Grubbs, an American chemist [...]

Carlsen's victory came after the latest in a series of blunders by Ian Nepomniachtchi that completed one of the worst collapses in a title match in chess history. Magnus Carlsen [...]

With two wins in his pocket, Magnus Carlsen knows only a huge stumble will keep from retaining the world title he has held since 2013. The world chess championship currently [...]

Winning is what made Magnus Carlsen a household name. But it is teaching and selling the game to others that has made him rich. By the time Magnus Carlsen, a [...]

He made significant contributions to the theory of the game, particularly the openings, one of which is named for him. Evgeny Sveshnikov, a chess grandmaster who was among the world's [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain An empty building in a Paris business district has become a hub for young dancers to practice and record their routines for social media. PARIS - [...]

An empty building in a Paris business district has become a hub for young dancers to practice and record their routines for social media. PARIS -- On a recent Saturday [...]

Why did the universe not destroy itself in the Big Bang, in a collision of matter and antimatter? A eureka moment in the bathtub led to an answer. Toshihide Maskawa, [...]

His discoveries deepened understanding of the basic forces at play in the universe, and he took general readers back to its dawn in his book ''The First Three Minutes.'' Steven [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain A Russian grandmaster, he spent a decade working with the longtime world champion, who said Mr. Dokhoian gave him 'stability and confidence.' He died of the [...]

A Russian grandmaster, he spent a decade working with the longtime world champion, who said Mr. Dokhoian gave him ''stability and confidence.'' He died of the coronavirus. Athletes are not [...]

She was known for her practical, no-nonsense approach at scores of major tournaments. She was also a pilot and a nurse and, with her husband, conquered the game of roulette. [...]

One of the first and most elite chess players to flee the Soviet bloc for the West, he was among the best players in the world for many years. Lubomir [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain One of the first and most elite chess players to flee the Soviet bloc for the West, he was among the best players in the world [...]

He shared a Nobel Prize for research that helped explain the fundamental forces in the universe. Martinus J.G. Veltman, a Dutch theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain The actress Beth Behrs has a new obsession - chess - and the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' is to blame. Her obsession even got her [...]

The actress Beth Behrs has a new obsession -- chess -- and the Netflix series ''The Queen's Gambit'' is to blame. Her obsession even got her into trouble on the [...]

The Netflix hit captures the struggles of women in the game, where female grandmasters are rare. But the reality, one top player says, is worse. Judit Polgar might be the [...]

The Netflix show about a female chess prodigy in the 1950s and '60s is one of the best screen adaptations of the game yet. But there are a few wrong [...]

It isn't quite ''Star Trek,'' but his optical tweezers use the pressure of light in a laser beam to seize and manipulate microscopic objects, from atoms to living cells. Arthur [...]

Byline: Dylan Loeb McClain Supported by the Communist regime, he won major tournament after major tournament during the Cold War years and beat stars like Bobby Fischer. Wolfgang Uhlmann, a [...]

Supported by the Communist regime, he won major tournament after major tournament during the Cold War years and beat stars like Bobby Fischer. Wolfgang Uhlmann, a chess grandmaster who was [...]

A former model, she stood out in the chess world for her glamour in what is often thought of as an unglamorous game. Arianne Caoili, a chess master and a [...]

Steven Gubser, a Princeton theoretical physicist who did groundbreaking work in trying to unite the two great fields of physics -- quantum mechanics and general relativity -- as part of [...]

Ann Nelson, a theoretical physicist who helped plug holes and solve contradictions in the Standard Model, the template that forms the backbone of our understanding of fundamental particles and the [...]

Pal Benko, a chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for two decades, but who gave up his place in the 1969-72 world championship cycle to Bobby Fischer, [...]

Shelby Lyman, a chess master who found fleeting fame in 1972 by hosting an improbably popular show on live television as it followed the historic world championship chess match between [...]

Kary B. Mullis, a biochemist who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering a way to analyze DNA easily and cheaply and thus pave the way for major [...]