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VinFuture Award Ceremony Week – A gathering of global science quintessences | 2022-01-11 22:30:00

How a chance encounter led scientists Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó to develop the revolutionary mRNA technology inside COVID vaccines.

The two men have been recognized for their work in discovering how humans are able to sense heat and pressure.

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on the ion channels involved in perceiving heat, cold, pain, and touch.

There's a newer accolade given at the Monroeville Literary Festival, named for Harper Lee's childhood friend, who also grew up to be a writer. Allen Wier, who taught creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994, was recently announced as sixth recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Distinguished Work in Literary Non-Fiction or the Short Story. Wier's published four novels, the 2006 "Tehano," 1989's "A Place for Outlaws," 1983's "Departing as Air," and 1978's "Blanco," along with two collections of stories, 1978's "Things About to Disappear," and the 2017 "Late Night, E...