Nobel Prize

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for discoveries that gave humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside of atoms and molecules. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L´Huillier have conducted experiments in which they demonstrate a way of producing pulses of light that last for such a short period of…

The 2023 medicine prize honours discoveries that were decisive in the development of effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 during the pandemic that struck the world in early 2020. The two laureates’ ground-breaking research has fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune system. It contributed to the extraordinarily rapid development of new…

Scientific thinking for all: a toolkit has been developed under the leadership of Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in physics. He conceived the idea for the course, along with colleagues in the social sciences and philosophy, for undergraduates at the University of California, Berkeley. The high school initiative is in cooperation with Nobel Prize…

Disinformation has gradually eroded our confidence in scientific advancements and broader global issues, including the very essence of democracy. At the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit ‘Truth, Trust and Hope’ speakers from around the world, including laureates, industry experts, human rights advocates and tech ethicists, united to address, raise awareness and ultimately tackle this threat our…

Watch a video clip of Alfonso García Robles receiving his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1982.

Watch a video clip of Rigoberta Menchú Tum receiving her Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1992.

Watch a video clip of Alva Myrdal receiving her Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1982.

Watch a video clip of Norman Borlaug receiving his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1970.

Watch the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony from the Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10 December 2022.

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) in Sweden on 10 December 2022.