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3 Kyoto Prize winners attend award ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Three Kyoto Prize winners (from L) -- Robert Samuel Langer, a biomedical engineer and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edward Witten, a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Fukumi Shimura, a Japanese dyeing and weaving artist, pose for photographs during an award ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. The prize awarded by the Inamori Foundation honors those who have contributed to scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment.

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Professor Yamanaka receives Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor known for developing technologies to generate induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, receives a thread ball as a memento at the award ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2010, for the 2010 Kyoto Prize, an international prize presented by the Inamori Foundation. Yamanaka was recognized for his contributions in the field of biotechnology and medical technology.

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3 men receive Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - 2010 Kyoto Prize laureates (from L) Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor known for developing technologies to generate induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, Hungarian mathematician Laszlo Lovasz and South African artist William Kentridge pose with the award at a press conference in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2010. The international prize is annually presented by the Inamori Foundation to those who have made significant contributions in the field of advanced technology, basic sciences, as well as arts and philosophy.

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Kyoto Prize awarded to 3 researchers from Canada, U.S.

KYOTO, Japan - (From L to R) Richard Karp, professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Anthony Pawson, professor at the University of Toronto, and Charles Taylor, professor emeritus at McGill University, pose for photos during a press conference in Kyoto on Nov. 10 after receiving the 2008 Kyoto Prize from the Inamori Foundation for their contributions to information science, life science and philosophy, respectively.

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American PC developer Kay, 2 others win Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - The Inamori Foundation said June 11 it will award the 2004 Kyoto Prize to two Americans, Alan Curtis Kay (L) and Alfred George Knudson (C), and a German, Juergen Habermas (R). Kay, 64, will be awarded for developing personal computers, Knudson, 81, for helping establish the theory of the tumor suppressor gene in the mechanism of human carcinogenesis, and Habermas, 74, for contributions in the field of social philosophy.

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Ando, Hood, Gromov awarded Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - French mathematician Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (L), U.S. biologist Leroy Edward Hood (C) and Japanese architect Tadao Ando (L) are awarded the 2002 Kyoto Prize, an annual international prize for contribution to science and the arts, by Inamori Foundation at a ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 10.

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Winners of 2002 Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Acclaimed Japanese architect Tadao Ando (top left), U.S. biologist Leroy Edward Hood (top right) and French mathematician Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (lower left) have been named winners of 2002 Kyoto Prize in recognition of their contributions to mankind's scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment, the Inamori Foundation, the awarding body, said June 21.

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Ando, Hood, Gromov awarded Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - French mathematician Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (L), U.S. biologist Leroy Edward Hood (C) and Japanese architect Tadao Ando (L) are awarded the 2002 Kyoto Prize, an annual international prize for contribution to science and the arts, by Inamori Foundation at a ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 10. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto Prize awarded to 3 researchers from Canada, U.S.

KYOTO, Japan - (From L to R) Richard Karp, professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Anthony Pawson, professor at the University of Toronto, and Charles Taylor, professor emeritus at McGill University, pose for photos during a press conference in Kyoto on Nov. 10 after receiving the 2008 Kyoto Prize from the Inamori Foundation for their contributions to information science, life science and philosophy, respectively. (Kyodo)

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Professor Yamanaka receives Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor known for developing technologies to generate induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, receives a thread ball as a memento at the award ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2010, for the 2010 Kyoto Prize, an international prize presented by the Inamori Foundation. Yamanaka was recognized for his contributions in the field of biotechnology and medical technology. (Kyodo)

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3 men receive Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - 2010 Kyoto Prize laureates (from L) Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor known for developing technologies to generate induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, Hungarian mathematician Laszlo Lovasz and South African artist William Kentridge pose with the award at a press conference in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2010. The international prize is annually presented by the Inamori Foundation to those who have made significant contributions in the field of advanced technology, basic sciences, as well as arts and philosophy. (Kyodo)

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3 Kyoto Prize winners attend award ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Three Kyoto Prize winners (from L) -- Robert Samuel Langer, a biomedical engineer and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edward Witten, a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Fukumi Shimura, a Japanese dyeing and weaving artist, pose for photographs during an award ceremony in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. The prize awarded by the Inamori Foundation honors those who have contributed to scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment. (Kyodo)

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American PC developer Kay, 2 others win Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - The Inamori Foundation said June 11 it will award the 2004 Kyoto Prize to two Americans, Alan Curtis Kay (L) and Alfred George Knudson (C), and a German, Juergen Habermas (R). Kay, 64, will be awarded for developing personal computers, Knudson, 81, for helping establish the theory of the tumor suppressor gene in the mechanism of human carcinogenesis, and Habermas, 74, for contributions in the field of social philosophy. (Kyodo)

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Winners of 2002 Kyoto Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Acclaimed Japanese architect Tadao Ando (top left), U.S. biologist Leroy Edward Hood (top right) and French mathematician Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (lower left) have been named winners of 2002 Kyoto Prize in recognition of their contributions to mankind's scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment, the Inamori Foundation, the awarding body, said June 21.