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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, administered by the Nobel  Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the  fields of life sciences and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes  established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of  dynamite. Nobel was personally interested in experimental physiology and  wanted to establish a prize for progress through scientific discoveries  in laboratories. The Nobel Prize is presented to the recipient’s at an  annual ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, along  with a diploma and a certificate for the monetary award. The front side  of the medal provides the same profile of Alfred Nobel as depicted on  the medals for Physics, Chemistry, and Literature; its reverse side is  unique to this medal.

Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a  chemist, engineer and inventor who amassed a fortune during his  lifetime, most of it from his 355 inventions of which dynamite is the  most famous. He was interested in experimental physiology and set up his  own labs in France and Italy to conduct experiments in blood  transfusions. Keeping abreast of scientific findings, he was generous in  his donations to Ivan Pavlov’s laboratory in Russia  and was optimistic  about the progress resulting from scientific discoveries made in  laboratories.

English is a rich language in so many ways. The English language  starts with simple words. The verb “To be” is just the beginning of your  English learning adventure. Nouns are next. Vocabulary is needed to be  able to speak about different subjects. Remember that words are just  words until we decide to use them in a certain way. Below are common  examples of different ways we use the same word.

Noun: I am going to buy some paint.

Noun with a suffix: I just bought this interesting painting.

Gerund: My friend likes painting.

Adjective with suffix: It is a paintable surface.

Verb: They will paint the house next week.

Verb with a prefix: We must repaint the house next week.

Compound noun: I just bought a paintbrush.

Job or profession: She is an artistic painter.

Idiomatic Phrase: I always paint my face in the morning!

Idiomatic Phrase: Let me paint a picture for you!

Idiom: We are going to paint the town red tonight!

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