Nobel Prize

Toshi H. Arimura is a professor of economics at Waseda University. Before joining Waseda, Arimura was a professor at Sophia University, a visiting scholar with George Mason University, and Resources for the Future as an Abe Fellow.

Mutsuko Hatano’s main research fields are quantum sensing and power electronics based on wide-gap semiconductors, and semiconductor physics and devices. She is a fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics and a senior member of IEEE, and was general chair of Quantum Innovation 2023.

Tsuyoshi Sugino is the president of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Sugino previously held key senior positions at the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT), including director-general of the Research Promotion Bureau (2020-2021).

The new Nobel Peace Prize exhibition A Message to Humanity was officially opened on 11 December by representatives from this year’s laureate, . The exhibition, which shows the humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, opens to the public today, December 12, at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. “Open,” said Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu…

Jørgen Watne Frydnes delivering the presentation speech for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10 December 2024. English Copyright © The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2024.General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language. Publication in periodicals or books, or in digital or electronic forms, otherwise than in…

This year’s divertissement will be a swirling mix of music and dance. Three independent stories will celebrate the power of inspiration and the winding path that leads us humans to development and progress. Laleh will perform newly composed music together with dancers from BASE23 and solo musicians. The divertissement will also include newly composed music…

A new duo will be cooking for the laureates at the 2024 Nobel Prize banquet. At the Nobel Foundation’s press conference today, Jessie Sommarström and Frida Bäcke are talking about why it is important to choose the right ingredients and about the role of food for the climate and public health. Jessie Sommarström will be…

William D. Phillips was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.

Graduated from the University of Tokyo and earned PhD in engineering in 2002. Served as a visiting researcher at Stanford University. Since 2019, a professor at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering. Specialises in AI, deep learning, and web mining.

Andrew Fire received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 for the discovery of RNA interference.