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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economic sciences and peace. It's one of the world's most prestigious awards.

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Terumi Tanaka representing the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Nihon Hidankyo group, is seen behind paper cranes, symbol of the fight against nuclear weapons and logo of Nihon Hidankyo, as he gives a press conference in Oslo, Norway

Nagasaki, Hiroshima survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize

Nagasaki, Hiroshima survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize

Activist group Nihon Hidankyo calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons at Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
ConflictsDecember 10, 202401:53 min
A room at Sweden's Karolinska Institute where images of scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are shown on a presentation screen.

MicroRNA discoverers honored with Nobel Prize in medicine

MicroRNA discoverers honored with Nobel Prize in medicine

Discovery of microRNA led to 2024 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.
ScienceDecember 10, 2024
Members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry award this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize: Chemistry medals recognize AlphaFold scientists

Nobel Prize: Chemistry medals recognize AlphaFold scientists

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognizes research into computational protein design.
ScienceDecember 10, 2024
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize: Hopfield, Hinton honored with physics award

Nobel Prize: Hopfield, Hinton honored with physics award

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were bestowed with the Nobel Prize in physics for their work in machine learning.
ScienceDecember 10, 2024
Han Kang at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

What drives Nobel Prize winner Han Kang to write?

What drives Nobel Prize winner Han Kang to write?

The author of "The Vegetarian" explores in her Nobel Prize lecture how violence and love inspire her work.
LiteratureDecember 10, 2024
A black-and-white portrait of Thomas Mann.

Why Thomas Mann's 'Magic Mountain' resonates 100 years later

Why Thomas Mann's 'Magic Mountain' resonates 100 years later

A divided society, existential fears and the specter of war: Thomas Mann's masterpiece remains frighteningly relevant.
CultureNovember 26, 2024
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People offer prayers at the Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Anti-nuclear group wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo represents the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
ConflictsOctober 11, 202402:18 min
Screen with the images of the three Nobel laureates in chemistry

Trio shares Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry is shared by three scientists who work on proteins, the building blocks of life.
ScienceOctober 10, 202402:27 min
Geoffrey E. Hinton (file photo)

Nobel Prize in physics for 'machines that learn'

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win for discoveries "that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks."
ScienceOctober 8, 202401:56 min
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