Nobel Prize

Panellists Ema Arisa and Furusawa Akira as well as Nobel Prize laureates and discuss what challenges humanity will be facing in the future and how we are to overcome those challenges. This talk was recorded at the .

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Kawai Maki, physics laureate and chemistry laureate discuss how difficult it is to predict the future and if it possible to predict the future. This talk was recorded at the .

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In a panel discussion with Ishiguro Hiroshi, and Yamagiwa Juichi questions such as what it means to be human are discussed. This talk was recorded at the .

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Medicine laureate gave an overview of how humanity has evolved and what historically has made us human. This talk was recorded at the .

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Asakawa Chieko and moderator Adam Smith discuss the benefits of diversity and inclusion and the importance of both in the future. This talk was recorded at the .

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Elizabeth Blackburn has evolved from a self-described “lab rat” to an explorer in the realms of health and public policy. She discovered the molecular structure of telomeres and co-discovered the enzyme telomerase, essential pieces in the puzzle of cellular division and DNA replication.

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Can you imagine not scanning your shopping in the supermarket or waiting to get home to reply to an email? Life-changing breakthroughs made by Nobel Prize laureates over the last 100 years have transformed the way we work and play by enabling a host of helpful electronic devices, while innovations in medicine make daily life…

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You may be surprised to know that some households have multiple Nobel Prizes on their mantelpieces. Meet some of the families whose groundbreaking work has been recognised by the Nobel Prize. There are numerous relatives and couples across almost every Nobel Prize category, however there is one particular family that stands out. Meet the Curies,…

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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.

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