Nobel Prize

Although still in its early stages, quantum computing is advancing rapidly, along with quantum technologies as a whole. Nobel Prize-awarded work on entangled quantum states and quantum mechanical tunnelling were driving forces behind this progress. Applications of quantum technologies are anticipated to improve our daily lives and contribute to solving global challenges. Quantum mechanics underpins…

A presentation of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, based on material from the 1997 Physics Nobel poster from the Royal Academy of Sciences. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly toSteven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillipsfor their developments…

Press programme Stockholm This is the press programme for Nobel Week in Stockholm. You will need to apply for accreditation for some of the activities during the week. Spaces for the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet are very limited. More information and activities will be added.All times are in CET. 5 December 08:45 Press conference…

Nobel Banquet at the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall on 10 December 1950.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole. Roger Penrose showed that black holes are a direct consequence of the general theory of relativity. Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez discovered that an…

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Swedish 6 oktober 2020 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2020 med ena hälften till Roger Penrose University of Oxford, Storbritannien “för upptäckten att bildandet av svarta hål är en robust förutsägelse av den allmänna relativitetsteorin” och med andra hälften gemensamt till Reinhard Genzel Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Tyskland och University of California, Berkeley,…

English 6 October 2020 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose University of Oxford, UK “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics,…

What does music mean to you? Do you use it to help relieve stress, anxiety and fall asleep to? For many, the value of music is endless and scientists and Nobel Prize laureates are no exception. From seeing problems in a new way to fostering discipline, expressing creativity to working as a team, music has…

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2025 Members Jørgen Watne Frydnes (Chair) Asle Toje (Vice Chair) Anne Enger Kristin Clemet Gry Larsen Kristian Berg Harpviken (Secretary) According to the rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee…