Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 3 October 2023.

Interview about the awarded work

“This breakthrough opens the world of electrons”

Immediately after the announcement, Professor Mats Larsson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, was interviewed by journalist Sharon Jåma regarding the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Nobel Prizes 2023

Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.

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