Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize Conversations  “I am very bad at giving up” Hear Roger Penrose speak about ideas, creativity and what is so special about blackboards. In this conversation, conducted in February 2021, Penrose also shares some stories from his childhood and how he eventually ended up in the field of physics. The host of this…

Nobel Prize Conversations ”It never ceases to amaze me how much info the star has to offer” In this podcast episode, conducted in December 2020, Andrea Ghez compares the centre of the galaxy to a city’s crowded downtown area. Her fascination for space is mirrored in her enthusiasm in speaking about science. As well as…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I am fundamentally a professor. I love teaching and explaining difficult things” Ever wondered how to boil an egg to perfection? In this podcast conversation, physicist Alain Aspect shares his best advice on how to cook the perfect egg. Together with the Nobel Prize’s Adam Smith, he also speaks about his love…

Nobel Prize Conversations ”I immediately fell in love with the idea of the sun and the planet and what is really out there – that is what got me hooked” Listen to a conversation with Kip Thorne, conducted in November 2020, covering ’s importance to the field of science, whether time travel is actually possible,…

The 15 meter Holmdel horn antenna at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey was built in 1959 for pioneering work in communication satellites for the NASA ECHO I. In 1964, radio astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation with it, for which they were awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize…

Sheldon Glashow (right) shaking hands with co-recipient Steven Weinberg after the news of their Nobel Prize, October 1979. Sheldon Glashow at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2017.

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

Pair the research field to the Nobel Prize laureate Can you match the portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate with their Nobel Prize-awarded discovery? Drag the images from left to right to pair, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want…

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