Daily Archives: March 31, 2010
Princess Madeleine Gives Out Science Prizes
On Wednesday at Stockholm's Concert Hall, Princess Madeleine was on hand to give out the Goran Gustafsson Prize, which is distributed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
Ever since 1991, the prize has honored those in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology and medicine. It is the highest award for natural scientific research in all of Sweden.
Each winner gets 4.5 million kronor in research funding over a period of three years, and a personal prize of $100,000.
The Read more [...]
Sheikh Ahmed Laid to Rest
The brother of the President of the United Arab Emirates, and ruler of Abu Dhabi, was laid to rest on Wednesday. In accordance to Muslim tradition, Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was buried a day after his body was recovered from a Moroccan lake where the glider he was flying in crashed on Friday.
In Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh's body was brought into Sheikh Zayed Mosque on a stretcher with the UAE flag covering it. Ahmed's brother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, along with an imam, led the Read more [...]
