Nobel Prize

Tolullah Oni is a public health physician, scientist and urban epidemiologist, and clinical professor with the University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit’s Global Public Health Research programme.

Nobel Prize Conversations “The reason why I was doing science all these years is because I just love doing it.” Medicine laureate Victor Ambros grew up on a farm with seven siblings. Throughout his career, he has seen collaboration as a crucial part of science. In this podcast conversation with Adam Smith, Ambros talks about…

Nobel Prize Conversations “Asking is hard. Once you realise there’s an interesting question to develop answers to, it is even harder.” Growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped Daron Acemoglu’s life and career in many ways. It sparked his interest in politics and social sciences and led to a research career investigating the differences in prosperity…

Nobel Prize Conversations “If you imagine each researcher as a kind of a neuron in the communal brain, then people call me a connection machine.” David Baker is a true believer in collaboration. He sees mentoring as one of the most essential parts of his job. Baker spends most of his time at his laboratory…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I just think a book can change your life.” 2024 economic sciences laureate James Robinson loves books – he has about 10 000 at home. Growing up without a TV, he and his mother spent evenings discussing news from the newspaper and reading. It’s no wonder his interest for social sciences, politics…

The new exhibition highlights three of the crucial medical discoveries of the 20th century: insulin, polio vaccine and penicillin. Three new documentary films explore how researchers and health care professionals are building on the foundation laid by Nobel Prize laureates in medicine to prevent and treat diseases today. The exhibition opens on 16 May. Thethree…

Nobel Prize Conversations “When we remember, what we’re doing is just making up a story that sounds plausible to us. That’s what memories are.” Join podcast host Adam Smith as he speaks to physicist Geoffrey Hinton, often called the godfather of AI. They discuss Hinton’s childhood memories and how his family legacy of successful scientists…

Medicine laureate has donated a library card to the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The card dates back to the 1970s and holds significant personal meaning for him as a symbol of science and knowledge.   The library card is from the Sunnyvale Public Library, where Andrew Fire grew up in the 1970s. “I consider this…

The market value of the Nobel Foundation’s total invested capital amounted to SEK 6,797 m (6,233) at the end of 2024. Excluding the value of the Foundation’s directly owned properties, investment capital amounted to SEK 6,600 m (6,041). This generated a return of +11.6 (+10.7) per cent during 2024. During the past five years, investment capital…

The Peace Prize exhibition “A Message to Humanity” will be on board as the cruise ship Peace Boat sets sail from Japan today. The exhibition will visit 19 different countries during the ship’s voyage around the world. Yokohama, 23 April: A unique international collaboration is now bringing the Nobel Peace Center’s exhibition about last year’s peace…