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Explaining the Nobel Prize in Physics
A new window in time has been made possible through the work of Anne L’Hullier, Pierre Agostini, and…
November 12, 2023
I helped select the Nobel laureates in physics – here’s how our committee decides
The author, Mats Larsson, on the right during the 2023 announcement. Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin, CC BY-SA Mats Larsson, Stockholm…
October 18, 2023
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 Awarded for Quantum Dot Discovery
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 has been conferred…
October 5, 2023
Physics Nobel Laureates Awarded for Shining Light on Tiny Electron Dynamics
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 has been…
October 5, 2023
Nobel Prize Honors Scientists Behind COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Breakthrough
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has jointly awarded…
October 5, 2023
Nobel Prize: How click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry are transforming the pharmaceutical and material industries
Click chemistry joins molecules together by reacting an azide with a cyclooctyne. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty Images Heyang…
October 25, 2022
Nobel prize awarded for ‘click chemistry’ – an environmentally friendly method of building molecules
Mark Lorch, University of Hull The 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio for…
October 23, 2022
What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics
Researchers need to be careful not to contaminate ancient samples with their own DNA. Caia Image via Getty…
October 20, 2022
Nobel prize: Svante Pääbo’s ancient DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
Love Dalén, Stockholm University and Anders Götherström, Stockholm University The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 2022…
October 17, 2022
Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into the spooky world of quantum mechanics
Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics (L-R…
October 16, 2022