Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 7 October 2014.

Detailed information about the Nobel Laureate’s work was presented by Professor Per Delsing and Professor Olle Inganäs.

Interview

Immediately following the announcement, Professor Per Delsing, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, was interviewed by freelance journalist Joanna Rose regarding the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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