Nobel Prize

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.

“As a scientist, make sure students become critical thinkers” , Nobel Prize laureate in physics 2020, was joined by nine students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. Ghez gave her best advice for maintaining a good work-life balance, spoke about…

Every year, the new Nobel Prize laureates are asked to donate objects with special meanings, to the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. Here the 2024 Nobel Prize laureates tell the stories behind their chosen objects. “It helped me to write on” Han Kang donated a teacup to the Nobel Prize Museum along with her routines…

Want to know more about works by the literature laureates? The experts behind the Nobel Prize in Literature let you in on their reading recommendations. Books by László Krasznahorkai. “The author allows simple human warmth to appear side by side with violence and hatred, and the sublime beauty and order that Bach’s music represents rings…

For more than a century, Nobel Prize-awarded advances in medicine show that remarkable progress is possible. Learnings from the pandemic was a major topic at the 2024 Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, alongside discussions on emerging risks and scientific breakthroughs.  Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Just 15 minutes – that is the amount of time…

Nuclear warheads are threatening life on Earth as we know it. Just one of them could kill hundreds of thousands of people with lasting humanitarian and environmental consequences. A number of Nobel Prize laureates have been lauded for their opposition to the deadly arsenals that jeopardise our very existence. Terumi Tanaka, representing Nihon Hidankyo, delivering…

Five spellbinding works by Nobel Prize laureates “It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there’s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality,” said literature laureate and master of magical realism, . His works…

At the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December, every laureate receives a gold medal as well as a Nobel Prize diploma. Every diploma is a personalised and unique piece of art that is handmade for a specific laureate. We visited artist Elisabeth Biström, who is responsible for creating the artwork in the chemistry, physics…

Meet Marie Göyri who, together with Marianne Pettersson Soold, is one of the two calligraphers who works on the Nobel Prize diplomas for the prizes awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Marie has been creating the calligraphy for the diplomas for six years.  How long did it take to become a calligrapher?  In…

Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. The host for this podcast is Adam Smith. A time for celebration In this special bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, we shine a light on the many ways achievements in science are celebrated —…