A discovery made by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren turned an established medical theory on its head.
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Find out why Rita Levi-Montalcini's Nobel Prize awarded research began in a bedroom in Italy during World War II.
Video interview with Rita Levi-Montalcini
Tim Hunt lectures on Lessons from a Life in Science: How to get a Nobel Prize to inspire the next generation of young scientists to make future scientific breakthroughs.
Watch Tim Hunt lecture
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his struggle for civil rights and social justice. He held his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1964.
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This year's Nobel Prize announcements will take place 1-8 October. The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the intention of awarding it in 2019.
PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE - Monday 1 October, 11:30 a.m. at the earliest
PHYSICS - Tuesday 2 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
CHEMISTRY - Wednesday 3 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
PEACE - Friday 5 October, 11:00 a.m.
ECONOMIC SCIENCES - Monday 8 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
Times listed are local time in Sweden (CET).
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The Nobel Foundation supports the Swedish Academy's decision to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The awarding of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in other prize categories will not be impacted by this decision.
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Lisa Batiashvili, praised for her virtuosity and profound sensitivity, will be this years soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize Concert. Tickets go on sale on 16 May at konserthuset.se.
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Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for peace and human rights - achievements of women around the world awarded the Nobel Prize. See them all in this video.
A world without ignorance and racism starts in school. We invite you to spend Saturday 6 October together with Nobel Prize Laureates, scientists, change makers and hundreds of engaged colleagues from all over the world during Nobel Prize Teacher Summit.
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Twelve Laureates were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2017. See a short presentation of them here.
2017 Nobel Laureates
No person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who can? And how are these persons chosen?
Read more about how the Nobel Laureates are nominated
Between 1901 and 2017, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 585 times to 923 people and organizations.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 27 times to organizations.
See the list of awarded organizations
The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 49 times between 1901 and 2017.
Youngest Nobel Laureate ever is Malala Yousafzai. She was 17 years old when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
All Nobel Laureates by age
Under the most dangerous circumstances, Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education. She was awarded the 2014 Peace Prize.
Watch or read her Nobel Lecture
Fairly unknown in Europe at the time, Bengali poet and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore attracted western readers with his aura of mysticism.
Tagore and his India
Human blood groups were discovered in 1901 by Karl Landsteiner, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Although famed for his theory of general relativity, it was his law about light that gave Albert Einstein the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Questions and answers about Albert Einstein
Marie Curie was a Nobel Laureate of many firsts: the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded the Prize twice and still the only person to receive the Prize in two different scientific fields.
Watch a glimpse of her in this video
Frederick Sanger was awarded his first Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the structure of proteins, in particular, insulin. In 1980, he was another a second prize.
Watch a video about Frederick Sanger
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On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Alfred Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize.
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Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, on a wonderful site along Stockholm's central waterfront.
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Paul D. Boyer passed away on 2 June. He performed pioneering work on enzymes that participate in the conversion of the "high-energy" compound adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997 . Paul D. Boyer was 99 years.
Biography
Jens C. Skou was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997. He discovered an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase. ens C. Skou passed away on 28 May at the age of 99.
Biography of Jens C. Skou
Physics Laureate Peter Grünberg passed away on 9 April. Peter Grünberg discovered a totally new physical effect – Giant Magnetoresistance or GMR. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks.
Autobiograhy of Peter Grünberg
Pioneering genome scientist Sir John Sulston has passed away at the age of 75. He shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries which contributed to the understanding of how genes control cell division and cell death in organisms.
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