Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 This year’s Laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter exists in strange states. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 is awarded with one half to David J. Thouless, University of Washington, Seattle, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane, Princeton University, and J. Michael…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 They solved the neutrino puzzle and opened a new realm in particle physics. Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald were key scientists of two large research groups, Super-Kamiokande and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which discovered the neutrinos mid-flight metamorphosis. The chameleons of space The hunt was on – deep inside…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 Blue LEDs – Filling the world with new light Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura are rewarded for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source – the blue light-emitting diode (LED). In the spirit of Alfred Nobel, the Prize awards an invention of greatest benefit to mankind;…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2016 Contracts are essential to the functioning of modern societies. Oliver Hart’s and Bengt Holmström’s research sheds light on how contracts help us deal with conflicting interests. Contract theory Contracts help us to be cooperative and trusting when we may otherwise be disobliging and distrusting. As employees, we have employment…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2015 The consumption of goods and services is a fundamental part of people’s welfare. The Laureate, Angus Deaton, has deepened our understanding of different aspects of consumption. His research concerns issues of immense importance for human welfare, not least in poor countries. Deaton’s research has greatly influenced both practical policymaking…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 Jean Tirole is one of the most influential economists of our time. He has made important theoretical research contributions in a number of areas, but most of all he has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with a few powerful firms. Tirole is awarded this year’s prize for…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 is awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their development of molecular machines that are a thousand times thinner than a hair strand. This is the story of how they succeeded in linking molecules together to design everything from a tiny lift to…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 From one cell to another, from one generation to the next. The genetic information that governs how human beings are shaped has flowed through our bodies for hundreds of thousands of years. It is constantly subjected to assaults from the environment, yet it remains surprisingly intact. Tomas Lindahl, Paul…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 for having bypassed a presumed scientific limitation stipulating that an optical microscope can never yield a resolution better than 0.2 micrometres. Using the fluorescence of molecules, scientists can now monitor the interplay…

Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 6 oktober 2004 En mänsklig cell innehåller hundratusentals olika proteiner. Dessa har en rad olika och viktiga funktioner: som påskyndare av kemiska reaktioner i form av enzymer, som signalsubstanser i form av hormoner, som viktiga aktörer i immunförsvaret i form av antikroppar och genom att stå för form och struktur i cellen.…