Nobel Prize

Boltzmann Machines Geoffrey Hinton delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Ellen Moons, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

From poetic prose that confronts historical traumas to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. From predicting proteins’ complex structures to training artificial neural networks using physics. From microRNA to new insights into how institutions affect prosperity. The Nobel Prizes 2024 have awarded discoveries and achievements that have benefitted humankind in a myriad of ways.…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Anton Zeilinger on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Anton Zeilinger: My passion for science goes back very, very far. Even as a child, I wanted to know how things work, and I was…

1936 Nobel Prize Award ceremony, 10 December 1936. From left: Medicine laureates Otto Loewi and Sir Henry Dale, chemistry laureate Peter Debye, physics laureates Carl David Anderson and Victor F. Hess.

1936 Nobel Prize Award ceremony, 10 December 1936. From left: Medicine laureates Otto Loewi and Sir Henry Dale, chemistry laureate Peter Debye, physics laureates Carl David Anderson and Victor F. Hess.

Artist: Sofia Gisberg.

Geoffrey Hinton receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Geoffrey Hinton after receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. From left: Anna Sjöström Douagi, laureate Geoffrey Hinton and Elisabet Perlmann at…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in physics John J. Hopfield on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. John J. Hopfield answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – How big a role did physics play in your childhood? – Is constant…

John J. Hopfield receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. John J. Hopfield after receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Physics laureate John J. Hopfield and Marie Brodin at the…

Interview, December 2024 Interview with the 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Geoffrey Hinton answers the following questions (the links below lead to a clip on YouTube): – How did you first learn about your Nobel Prize? – What was it like growing up in…