Nobel Prize

Around the world, scientists and healthcare professionals continue to build on the foundations laid by Nobel Prize laureates. In this short clip from the film Bloodlines, Mississippi, we follow a doctor’s mission to advocate for an often-overlooked community facing preventable losses. Short clip: “Bloodlines, Mississippi” Despite advances in diabetes treatment, amputations continue to devastate communities…

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…

Around the world, scientists and healthcare professionals continue to build on the foundations laid by Nobel Prize laureates. In the short clip Shadows in Sunlight, directed by Ruhi Hamid, we follow Ishrat Rahim who vaccinates children against polio in Pakistan.  Short clip: “Shadows in Sunlight” Ishrat Rahim is one of almost 400,000 women working across…

From the glow of blue LEDs to the ‘miracle’ of IVF, the Nobel Prize celebrates individuals whose discoveries have changed the world. These six innovations and discoveries not only improve our daily lives, but save them and help create new ones. At a glance The discovery of blood groups enabled safe transfusions IVF helped millions…

Students meet chemistry laureate Benjamin List , Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry 2021, was joined by 10 students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. List gave his best advice for maintaining a science career, spoke about green chemistry and shared…

Student meets chemistry laureate David MacMillan High school student Lucas Madrigrano Azeredo met 2021 chemistry laureate to talk about life, football and career choices. MacMillan also shared his best advice for young people that are starting university. When asked about the moment he received his Nobel Prize medal, MacMillan tells Lucas: ”Amazing doesn’t even begin…

Student meets medicine laureate Katalin Karikó Join Emanuelle Tavares, a biomedical student at the University of Skövde as she talks to 2023 medicine laureate , whose work led to the development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. She explains how despite being terminated from her position and considered ‘unsuccessful’ she always tied success to what she…

Student meets chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? Karolinska Institutet student Sofia Iskrak met 2022 chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi to ask her pressing questions, including what Bertozzi was like as a student, her favourite science-themed reads, and her advice for students who…

“If you’re going to change the world, you’ve got to try really different things” PhD student Sofie Ährlund-Richter got the chance to chat with 2018 chemistry laureate . They discussed everything from fearlessness and motivation to creating a sustainable world and being persistent in pursuing long-term goals.

Students meet Nobel Prize laureate Ben Feringa , Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry 2016, was joined by 14 students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. Feringa gave his best advice for how to overcome failures in the lab, his best…