Nobel Prize

What sparked your interest in science and AI?  Demis Hassabis: My interest in science and AI started with games. I started to play chess from a very young age. I was actually four years old when I learned, and I took it very seriously. I was captaining all the England chess junior teams as I…

Interview with the 2024 chemistry laureate David Baker, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What influence did your parents have on you? I grew up in a very very happy family. My parents were very interested in education. We talked about all kinds of things and it was really a…

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Omar M. Yaghi’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2025 Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellences,Dear laureates,Ladies and gentlemen— On behalf of my co-laureates , , and myself, I thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this extraordinary honor. Tonight, we celebrate not only achievement but possibility—the power of human…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, 10 December 2025

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Olof RamströmLedamot av Kungliga VetenskapsakademienLedamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter.Ärade Nobelpristagare. Bästa Kolleger.Mina Damer och Herrar. Reflektera ett ögonblick över betydelsen av hålrumsstrukturer. Porösa material som kan användas för en mängd olika ändamål och som kan inrymma mindre föremål i sina många hålrum. Hur kan man skapa dessa…

English Presented by Professor Olof RamströmMember of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesMember of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses,Esteemed Nobel Prize Laureates, Honourable Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen, Consider the importance of holey materials. Porous structures that can be used for a large variety of purposes while accommodating smaller entities inside their…

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025