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Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics Olle Eriksson, secretary general of the Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Goran Johansson announce John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis, on the screen behind, as the recipients the Nobel Prize in Physics, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm, Sweden (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)

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British scientist among Nobel Prize winners for discoveries in quantum physics

A British scientist is among three Nobel Prize winners in physics for research into quantum mechanical tunnelling. John Clarke, who originally studied at the University of Cambridge, conducted his research in the US at the University of California.

A screen showing the photos of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)

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Nobel Prize in Medicine honours work on peripheral immune tolerance

Terumi Tanaka is the co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo (AP)

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Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share anti-nuclear message

Nobel Prize in literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang

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Nobel Prize in literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang

Nobel Prize in medicine honours two Americans over discovery of microRNA

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Nobel Prize in medicine honours two Americans over discovery of microRNA

Narges Mohammadi

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi handed additional prison term in Iran

Twins accept Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of mother jailed in Iran

Twins accept Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of mother jailed in Iran

The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital.

Sun, 10 Dec, 2023

Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin awarded Nobel economics prize

Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin awarded Nobel economics prize

The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

Narges Mohammadi, Shirin Ebadi

Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting the oppression of women in Iran.

Fri, 06 Oct, 2023

Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature

One of his country’s most-performed dramatists, Fosse has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays.

Thu, 05 Oct, 2023

Trio awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry over work on quantum dots

Trio awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry over work on quantum dots

Hans Ellegren, the secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the award on Wednesday morning in Stockholm

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists analysing electrons in atoms

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists analysing electrons in atoms

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their experiments 'have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules'

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Nobel Prize for medicine won by covid-19 vaccine scientists

Nobel Prize for medicine won by covid-19 vaccine scientists

Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the award on Monday in Stockholm

Mon, 02 Oct, 2023

Nobel Foundation reverses ban on Russia, Belarus, Iran and far-right leader

Nobel Foundation reverses ban on Russia, Belarus, Iran and far-right leader

The Nobel Foundation has reversed its invitation policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran, as well as the leader of a far-right Swedish party, who had previously been banned.

Fri, 01 Sep, 2023

ULSTER Hume/Trimble

Sons of John Hume and David Trimble speak of fathers’ sacrifices for Good Friday Agreement

Former Ulster Unionist leader Mr Trimble died in July 2022 and former SDLP leader Mr Hume in August 2020

Fri, 07 Apr, 2023

Russian raids target Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial

Russian raids target Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial

Russian authorities have raided the homes and offices of human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial which won the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

Tue, 21 Mar, 2023

Norway Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize winners condemn Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Sat, 10 Dec, 2022

Sweden Nobel Prizes

Russia and Belarus ambassadors barred from Nobel ceremony

The foundation also said it would continue its practice of inviting the leaders of all parties in the Swedish Parliament, except the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats.

Tue, 25 Oct, 2022

Nobel Prizes

Three US-based economists awarded Nobel Prize for work on banks

The committee said their work had shown in their research 'why avoiding bank collapses is vital'

Mon, 10 Oct, 2022

Nobel Prize Economics

Nobel panel to announce winner of economics prize

The winner, or winners, of this year’s Nobel Prize for economics will be announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2022

Nobel Peace Prize

European leaders welcome Nobel Peace Prize for human rights activists

European leaders have welcomed the award of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to activists standing up for human rights and democracy in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2022

Strasbourg, France. 02nd July, 2014. A Belarussian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski (also transliterated as Ales Bialacki,

Jailed Belarus activist, Russian and Ukrainian groups awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2022

The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 10 million Swedish crowns (almost €920,000), will be presented in Oslo on December 10

Fri, 07 Oct, 2022

Sweden Nobel Prize Medicine

French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

French author Annie Ernaux has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, the Swedish Academy said on ...

Thu, 06 Oct, 2022

Nobel Prize Literature

Nobel panel to announce winner of literature prize

The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2022

Nobel Prize for chemistry goes to trio for work on molecule attachment

Nobel Prize for chemistry goes to trio for work on molecule attachment

The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to US scientists Carolyn R Bertozzi and K Barry Sharpless and Denmark’s Morten Meldal for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design medicines.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Sweden Nobel Prize Medicine

Nobel panel to announce winner of chemistry prize

The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in chemistry are set to be announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Nobel Physics

Three scientists share Nobel Prize for Physics

Three scientists have jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on quantum information science.

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

Nobel Medicine

Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize

The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine are due to be announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mon, 03 Oct, 2022

Nobel Peace Prize Auction

Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for over $100 million to help Ukraine

The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukraine’s child refugees has sold for 103. 5 million dollars, shattering the old record for a Nobel.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

Nobel Economics

Nobel-winning economists rewarded for ‘natural experiments’ in real world

A US-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2021

Nobel Chemistry

US-based trio claim Nobel economics prize for ‘natural experiments’

Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called “natural experiments”.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2021

Nobel Literature

Journalists handed Nobel Peace Prize for fight for freedom of expression

The winners were announced on Friday by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Fri, 08 Oct, 2021

Nobel Chemistry

Nobel Prize for chemistry honours ‘greener’ way to build molecules

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for finding an “ingenious” and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that can be used to make everything from medicines to food flavourings.

Wed, 06 Oct, 2021

Nobel Medicine

Nobel Prize honours scientists for discovery of temperature and touch receptors

The winners were announced by Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee

Mon, 04 Oct, 2021

Norway Nobel Ceremonies

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN’s World Food Programme

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at the agency’s headquarters in Rome. WFP executive director David Beasley received the medal, which had been sent in a diplomatic pouch to Rome.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2020

Sweden Nobel Economics

American duo win Nobel prize in economics for improvements to auction theory

Two American economists have won the Nobel Prize for improving the theory of how auctions work and inventing new and better formats that are now woven into the economy.

Mon, 12 Oct, 2020

Nobel Peace

World Food Programme fights hunger in crises and war zones

The World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize award shines a light on vulnerable communities across the Middle East and Africa that the UN agency seeks to help, those starving and living in war zones that rarely get the world’s attention.

Fri, 09 Oct, 2020

Nobel Peace

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

The announcement was made in the Norwegian capital by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Nobel Committee

Fri, 09 Oct, 2020

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases.

Wed, 07 Oct, 2020

M.C. Escher retrospective

Briton Roger Penrose wins Nobel Prize for physics for black hole discovery

A Briton is among three scientists who have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for advancing our understanding of black holes.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2020

Sweden Nobel Medicine

Three win Nobel medicine award for Hepatitis C virus discovery

British scientist Michael Houghton and Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.

Mon, 05 Oct, 2020

Election 2020 Trump

Trump calls Swedish legislator to thank him for Nobel Peace Prize nomination

A Swedish legislator who nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East has said he received a phone call of thanks from the US president.

Tue, 22 Sep, 2020

Nobel Prize board investigation reveals 'unwanted intimacy' took place

Nobel Prize board investigation reveals 'unwanted intimacy' took place

The Swedish Academy, which hands out the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature, said an investigation has found that "unacceptable behaviour in the form of unwanted intimacy" took place within its ranks.

Fri, 20 Apr, 2018

Small Business Q&A: Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Arthur McDonald

Small Business Q&A: Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Arthur McDonald

This week Kehlan talks with the 2015 Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Arthur McDonald, about winning the award and how he got it for his ground-breaking work with neutrinos - one of the least-known sub-atomic particles.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016