Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize Conversations “You recognise opportunity and then you have to take advantage of it. Seize the opportunity basically. It takes some struggle.” Some words of wisdom from chemistry laureate Louis Brus. In a conversation with podcast host Adam Smith, Brus speaks about the process of discovery and his own scientific path. This conversation was published on…

I was born in Paris in 1958 and lived the first twenty years of my life in the 13th and 14th arrondissements. My late mother, Yvonne, was first a schoolteacher and then stayed at home to take care of her three children: myself, my sister Françoise, and my brother Jean-Marie. My mother suffered from diabetes…

Early Life Iwas born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1943. My earliest memory is my father Victor John Brus coming home from World War II in 1946. He was an officer in charge of communications on a large US Navy troop transport and assault ship in the western Pacific and was returning home after an absence…

4 December 2024 Iranian authorities have to permanently end Narges Mohammadi’s imprisonment The Norwegian Nobel Committee is glad to hear about Narges Mohammadi’s release, and is hoping to get in contact with her personally very soon to congratulate her in person on her Nobel Peace Prize.  At the same time we are deeply worried about…

Nobel Prize Conversations “That’s a little bit like everything else in life. Some things work, some things don’t work. The important is to continue going and to enjoy the good things that are happening.” What are the benefits of creating a diverse laboratory? In this podcast episode with physicist Anne L’Huillier, we speak about the…

The Economist as Detective Ihave always wanted to be a detective. As a young child in New York City, I was determined to uncover the secrets of the mummies at the Museum of Natural History. I grew up in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, New York with my parents and older sister, Judy. I…

Nobel Prize Conversations “When I was a young kid, my father would tell me, you can do anything you want when you go to work. The most important thing is to enjoy it. I found that” How can we ensure that knowledge and science is spread globally? Medicine laureate Drew Weissman is an advocate for…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8totFxL9c “As a scientist I like to be in the laboratory and all of a sudden I was rushed to the spotlight” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 for her work helping to develop covid vaccines which saved millions of lives worldwide. However misinformation created fear and mistrust in the vaccination…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I think we all have doubts about what we’re doing. I wouldn’t call that failure. It’s a sense that we question our own work” There are many roads one can take in life. But to what extent will your life choices decide what kind of person you become? Listen to our podcast…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I think science, like sports and culture, can play a really unique role to bring together different nations, bring together different cultures, disassemble boundaries and  borders between countries, between different cultures. I think science can make a huge contribution there” Meet 2023 physics laureate Ferenc Krausz in an in-depth conversation with podcast…