Royalty, scientists, business leaders and diplomats gathered in the capitals of Sweden and Norway today to honour this year’s 12 Nobel laureates from Kenya, Austria, Israel and the United States.

This year’s Nobel Prize laureates gathered in Stockholm today to reap the rewards of their often lifelong work and research.

They have made, as Alfred Nobel declared more than 100 years ago, some of the greatest discoveries and contributions to help mankind.

Americans Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine today for their work in studying odorant receptors and the organisation of the olfactory system in human beings.