Tag: Montana


  • Off-Grid Triumph: How a Montana Hike Delivered a Nobel Prize for Medicine

    Off-Grid Triumph: How a Montana Hike Delivered a Nobel Prize for Medicine

    Off the Grid, On the News: A Nobel Prize Moment Unfolds In a story that sounds almost too cinematic to be true, a three-week hiking retreat in Montana’s bear country became the unlikely backdrop for a Nobel Prize announcement. Dr. Fred Ramsdell, a US immunologist, and his wife, Laura O’Neill, along with their two dogs,…

  • Nobel Prize Surprise: Immunology Laureate Wins While Off-Grid in Montana

    Nobel Prize Surprise: Immunology Laureate Wins While Off-Grid in Montana

    Off-Grid Revelation: A Nobel Moment in the Montana Wilderness In a scene that sounds more like a movie plot than real life, US scientist Dr. Fred Ramsdell and his wife, Laura O’Neill, along with their two dogs, were deep in Montana’s grizzly country when a burst of text messages shattered their remote tranquility. On the…

  • Off-Grid Nobel: Montana Hike Leads to Medicine Prize Victory

    Off-Grid Nobel: Montana Hike Leads to Medicine Prize Victory

    Surprise News in a Remote Landscape In a twists-of-fate moment that sounds more like fiction than science, US immunologist Dr. Fred Ramsdell learned, on the last leg of a three-week hike with his wife, Laura O’Neill, and their two dogs, that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The couple was deep…