{
  "id": 20170550,
  "title": "More Nobel winners, less innovation? Chinese study reveals cost of top-tier awards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/more-nobel-winners-less-innovation-chinese-study-reveals-cost-of-top",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T12:02:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3374306/more-nobel-winners-less-innovation-chinese-study-reveals-cost-top-tier-awards"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Science prizes usually put the spotlight on winners, celebrating their discoveries but paying little attention to the researchers left out. A study by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has found that prominent innovation awards may discourage colleagues from pursuing unconventional research – with the most prestigious prizes having the strongest negative effect. The findings…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}