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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022

Svante Pääbo: Nobel Prize Conversations

“The first thing I did to see if it at all would have a chance was to buy a piece of liver in the food store close to the institute and just dry it in the laboratory.”

Listen in on this new podcast conversation with 2022 medicine laureate Svante Pääbo who describes the start of his scientific career. He also speaks warmly about his mother and how she encouraged him to pursue his childhood interest, archeology. Eventually that interest would put him on the path to a Nobel Prize for sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

Nobel Prize laureates share their thoughts

Why chemistry matters

In four videos 16 Nobel Prize laureates discuss new frontiers in their field and explore what life as a chemist entails. They also describe the beauty inherent in chemistry and recall the eureka moments when they discovered ‘a little of nature’s logic’.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Carolyn Bertozzi: Nobel Prize Conversations

“Your purpose as a scientist is not to achieve fame or money, that is not your purpose, those might be side effects and good for you, that could be wonderful for you but it is a side effect, it is not the main goal. The main goal is to make discoveries and gift them to humanity. And those discoveries and that knowledge stays with humanity long after you are gone.”

Meet chemist and 2022 Nobel Prize laureate Carolyn Bertozzi in this new podcast episode where she speaks about her two life-long loves: organic chemistry and music.

Illustration with a photo of Carolyn Bertozzi

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Morten Meldal: Nobel Prize Conversations

“My daughter was sitting on the second or third row and I could see that she was crying. And tears actually are contagious. So I was almost crying when I had to go up and receive the prize because of that.” – This is how Morten Meldal recalled the moment he crossed the stage in Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize medal.

2022 chemistry laureate Morten Meldal also talks about his interests outside science, such as painting, books, music, and even building his own guitars.

Morten Meldal in the laboratory — Morten Meldal at the University of Copenhagen laboratory.

Photo: University of Copenhagen

Marie and Pierre Curie and the discovery of polonium and radium

Marie and Pierre Curie’s pioneering research led to not one, but two Nobel Prizes, the first for the couple, the second for Marie.

Pierre and Marie Curie in the "hangar" at l'Ecole de physique et chimie industrielles in Paris, France, where they made their discovery. (Photo taken 1898.)

Copyright © Association Curie Joliot-Curie, Photographer unknown

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022

Douglas Diamond: Nobel Prize Conversations

“I think economics is getting closer and closer to being a respectable science. Even when we were not the most respectable science, we still needed to keep pushing forward because the topic actually matters to the planet, to the humans on the planet, and to the animals on the planet.” Douglas Diamond is a strong advocate for economics as a scientific field. His passion for economics was sparked at a young age when he accidentally took an undergraduate course in the topic.

Listen to Douglas Diamond in this new podcast conversation.

Illustration with a photo of Douglas Diamond — Photo: Stefan Bladh.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022

Philip Dybvig: Nobel Prize Conversations

”I was just curious about everything. Everything was interesting and I always felt like I didn’t have enough time to learn all the interesting things. And I think that was a big strength that I had.”

In this podcast episode, economist Philip Dybvig tells us how his parents encouraged his interest in the world. He shared the 2022 economic sciences prize “for research on banks and financial crises.” Together with co-laureate Douglas Diamond, he developed theoretical models that explain why banks exist, how their role in society makes them vulnerable to rumours about their impending collapse, and how society can lessen this vulnerability. These insights form the foundation of modern bank regulation.

Illustration with a photo of Philip Dybvig — Photo: Clément Morin

Nobel Peace Prize awarded work

Nobel Peace Prize 1917, 1944 and 1963

Triple Nobel Peace Prizes

The International Committee of the Red Cross has a unique position in the history of the Nobel Peace Prize: no recipient has been awarded the Peace Prize as often as this organisation. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated annually on the birthday of Henry Dunant, the founder of the organisation, but it all began in Solferino 1859 …

Red Cross - Armband — Armlet for the Red Cross.

Photo: Nobel Prize Museum

Nobel Peace Prize 1901

Henry Dunant – a man with a great vision

The first Nobel Peace Prize ever was awarded half to Henry Dunant and half to Frédéric Passy for their peace work. Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross, was born into a wealthy home, but he died alone in a hospice. He never ceased to work for peace and against the taking up of arms.

All Nobel Peace Prizes and laureates

Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Alfred Nobel outlined in his will. See all Nobel Peace Prize laureates and why they were awarded the prize.

Kofi Annan receiving his Nobel Peace Prize from Gunnar Berge, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

© Pressens Bild AB 2001.

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Five documentaries inspired by the Nobel Peace Prize

A team of female Yazidi deminers in Iraq attempting to clear their land of mines left behind by ISIS. A team of scientists on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to help better our understanding of climate change. A man building prosthetic legs to help victims of war walk again in South Sudan … All are inspired by Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

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Mahatma Gandhi – The missing laureate

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?

Mahatma Gandhi laughing.

Photo: Public domain.

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2022 Nobel Prize laureates in discussion

Watch the laureates in a discussion about their discoveries and achievements, and how these might find a practical application. Nobel Minds is hosted by the BBC’s Zeinab Badawi.

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Nobel Prize laureates on the future of life

What will the future look like? For many Nobel Prize laureates, this is the type of question that keeps them up at night and drives their research.

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Featured Nobel Peace Prize laureates

Nobel Peace Prize 1964

"Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold"

Martin Luther King never abandoned his faith in the unarmed struggle. Watch him deliver his speech at the award ceremony.

Martin Luther King Jr. giving his acceptance speech — Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobel Peace Prize 1975

“Peace, progress, human rights"

“Peace, progress, human rights – these three goals are insolubly linked to one another: it is impossible to achieve one of these goals if the other two are ignored.”
Read Andrei Sakharov’s peace lecture.

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov — Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

Nobel Peace Prize 2001

"Peace must be sought, above all"

Kofi Annan was awarded for his work for a better organized and more peaceful world as Secretary-General for the United Nations.
Read Kofi Annan’s Nobel Prize lecture.

Kofi Annan giving his Nobel Prize lecture

© Pressens Bild AB. Photo: Heiko Junge

Featured Nobel Prize laureates in physics

Nobel Prize in Physics 1903

A radiant discovery

Marie and Pierre Curie made pioneering research together for many years. They came upon a very active substance they later called radium. Read their story.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

"Science is about wondering why"

Learn why physics laureate Donna Strickland thinks it’s so important to maintain an element of wonder when doing science.

Donna Strickland in the laboratory.

Courtesy of University of Waterloo

Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

They found hidden patterns in the climate

The 2021 physics laureates laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it, as well as revolutionized the theory of disordered materials and random processes.

Globe — ©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Featured Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

"Science was my stability"

What do you need in order to become a scientist? How do you become creative? How is a scientist’s life affected by being awarded prizes? Meet 2020 chemistry laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier in an intimate and reflective podcast conversation

2020 chemistry laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier in the laboratory.

Copyright © Hallbauer und Fioretti

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

“You’ve got to break the rules”

During his career, Fraser Stoddart has broken rules and, on occasions, upset the research establishment. His journey started outside Edinburgh, Scotland, where he spent his early years working at the family farm, feeding the animals and later mending farm machinery.

Sir Fraser Stoddart in his lab. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017. Photo: Rasmus Lundgren — Sir Fraser Stoddart in his lab.

Photo: Rasmus Lundgren

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

Their tools revolutionised the construction of molecules

Benjamin List and David MacMillan developed a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener.

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