Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 8 October 2024.
Interview about the awarded work
“They have both been true pioneers: finding new ways to tackle problems”
Immediately after the announcement, Professor Anders Irbäck, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, was interviewed by journalist Lisa Kirsebom.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.
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