Nobel Prize

Donna Strickland thinks lasers are cool. With enthusiasm for the field and “very, very hard” work, she found a way to create high-intensity laser pulses. This technique, chirped pulse amplification or CPA, was described in Strickland’s very first scientific paper, and it led to her 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. More important, it began a long career in which, as she has put it, “I get to play with high-intensity lasers.”

With one ingenious idea and years of subsequent work, Frances Arnold turned bioengineering upside down. Recognising that nature was “the best bioengineer in history,” she figured out how to let evolution be her partner in the lab. She pioneered the use of directed evolution to design new enzymes, with applications as broad as they are essential, from pharmaceuticals to renewable fuels.

Nadia Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Denis Mukwege, for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Nadia Murad. Full name: Nadia Murad Basee TahaBorn: 10 March 1993, Kojo, IraqDate awarded: 5 October 2018 The witness Nadia Murad was born and raised…

Denis Mukwege was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Nadia Murad, for his efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Denis Mukwege. Full name: Denis MukwegeBorn: 1 March 1955, Bukavu, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)Date awarded: 5 October 2018 The helper As…

For more than a century, scientists searched in vain for way to unleash the natural power of the immune system to fight cancer. Their dream is now a reality after two laureates found methods that block the brakes of the immune system and allow it to wage war against tumours. Their work has revolutionised cancer…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “I knew I belonged in school and wanted to get a PhD. Before I even knew what it was, I knew I belonged” From very early on, 2018 physics laureate Donna Strickland knew she wanted to get a PhD. She didn’t know what it was but if it was the ultimate…

Nobel Prize Conversations Protecting the ship, building relationships and organising surprise weddings – in this conversation, conducted in February 2020, Paul Romer discusses everything from the special moment he experienced just hours before collecting his prize to the importance of unity, purpose and inclusion. The host of this podcast is nobelprize.org’s Adam Smith.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/xEOi6oVUDls Watch a video clip of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege, receiving their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xEOi6oVUDls Watch a video clip of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, receiving their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 2018.