On 21 October 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up in Russia, studied chemistry and technology in France and the U.S., and established the Nobel Prizes - for the greatest benefit to humankind.
Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2015
Photo: Pi Frisk
The Nobel Week Dialogue is a free of charge, full-day event bringing together Nobel Laureates, experts and the public. This year’s dialogue will put the spotlight on the importance of water, and why and how we can make a difference together.
© Nobel Media
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded with one half to Arthur Ashkin "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems" and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses".
© Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Arthur Ashkin took a break from his current research to talk about the “old research” that led to a Nobel Prize. Listen to our interview with him.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
"Nobody is prepared for that kind of moment." Gérard Mourou shares his reaction to being awarded the Nobel Prize when we reached him for to a telephone interview following the announcement of the 2018 Physics Prize.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
Donna Strickland never worked as hard or had as much fun as when she was performing the research that led her to the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. We talked to her after the prize had been announced.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was awarded with one half to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes" and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
This year’s Nobel Laureates have been inspired by the power of evolution and used the same principles – genetic change and selection – to develop proteins that solve humankind’s chemical problems.
© Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustrator: Mattias Karlén
James P Allison has always considered himself a basic scientist, but his research has been successfully used in cancer therapy. We reached him when he was celebrating the news with friends in a hotel room in New York.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
"Patients often tell me: ‘You saved my life.'" Listen to a telephone interview with Tasuku Honjo following the announcement of the 2018 Medicine Prize.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
Watch the moment the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustrator: Mattias Karlén
Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, war crimes. Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others. Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to war-time sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
This year’s Laureates have designed methods for addressing some of our time’s most basic and pressing questions about how we create long-term sustained and sustainable economic growth. Their contributions provide us with fundamental insights into the causes and consequences of technological innovation and climate change.
© Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2018 has been awarded to William D. Nordhaus "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis" and Paul M. Romer "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis." Their findings have significantly broadened the scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
The new Nobel Prize Lessons about this year's prizes are reliable and easy to use. Find the teacher's guides, slides, manuscripts and videos to use for free here. Print the texts for students and then start the class.
Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for peace and human rights - achievements of women around the world awarded the Nobel Prize.
The Nobel Foundation supports the Swedish Academy's decision to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, answers questions concerning the decision.
Read Lars Heikensten's comment on the postponed Literature Prize, 4 October 2018
The announcement of the Nobel Laureates and the Laureates in Economic Sciences for the year is made on the same day that the Nobel Prize awarding institutions choose from among the names recommended by the respective Nobel Committees.
A new English translation of Alfred Nobel's will - the document that sparked the creation of the Nobel Prize - has now been completed, making Nobel's original thinking even more accessible.
Here, Lars Heikensten, the Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, answers questions about the latest translation and explains why Nobel's intentions and values are more relevant than ever.
See the full list of all Nobel Laureates, awarded for "the greatest benefit to humankind".
Eleven laureates were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2017. See a short presentation of them here.
See the list of all women awarded a Nobel Prize or a Prize in Economic Sciences so far.
Youngest Nobel Laureate ever is Malala Yousafzai. She was 17 years old when she was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
What are you looking for? Search the website.
Photo: Åke Eson Lindman
Photo: Johannes Granseth / Nobel Peace Center
Thomas A. Steitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 for the crystallographic determination of ribosome structures at high resolution and for the skilful use of these structures to clarify fundamental and medically important aspects of ribosome function. He passed away on 9 October, age 78.
Physics Laureate Leon Lederman was awarded the 1988 Physics Prize for the neutrino beam method and the discoveries made using this, discoveries that opened entirely new opportunities for research into the innermost structure and dynamics of matter. He passed away on 3 October.
Physics Laureate Charles Kao passed away on 23 September. His discoveries have paved the way for optical fiber technology, which today is used for almost all telephony and data communication.
James Mirrlees passed away on 29 August. He was was awarded the 1996 Prize in Economic Sciences for making fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information.
