Except Peace Prize in Oslo, all Nobels awarded in home countries this year
The Swedish Nobel Committee has decided, due to COVID restrictions, to present the winners of the various Nobel Prizes with their awards in their own…
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Filipino court approves Maria Ressa’s Norway trip for Nobel ceremony
An appeals court in the Philippines has granted Maria Ressa the right to travel to Oslo to collect her jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize despite…
Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa still doesn’t know whether she can travel to Oslo
One month after it became known that she won the Nobel Peace Prize, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa says that much in her life is still…
A short introduction to the 2021 Nobel Literature Prize winner: Refugee-turned-novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah
Author Abdulrazak Gurnah (72) received this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. The former refugee writes, among other things, about colonialism and the fate of refugees….
Economics Nobel Prize awarded to three US-based researchers
David Card, Joshua D. Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens have been jointly awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel…
Who are Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, the winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize?
Read on for an introduction to the two journalists who have just won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Meet Maria Ressa Maria Ressa is a…
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, has announced that journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are this year’s recipients of the Nobel…
Abdulrazak Gurnah receives the Nobel Prize in Literature
Author Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar. He arrived in England as a refugee…
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two scientists for work on molecule construction
Benjamin List from Germany and David MacMillan from the USA have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The researchers are honored “for the development…
Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for climate-related research
Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. The three researchers have been jointly honored for research…
What you need to know about this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
Read on for all of the key facts – including an overview of the candidates – about the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Fast facts 2021’s…
American researchers David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine
American researchers David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine. The scientists have been awarded for the discovery of receptors…
No winners will be present in Stockholm during the 2021 Nobel Prize ceremony
This year’s Nobel Prize winners will not be present in Stockholm during the ceremony but will receive the prizes in their home countries, the Nobel…
Due to the pandemic, this year’s Nobel Prizes will be sent by post
The corona outbreak has restricted travel and gatherings. That’s why this year’s Nobel Celebration will go digital, while medals and diplomas will be sent by…
“Nobel Prize” in Economics goes to American researchers who worked on auction theory
This year’s Economics Award in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be awarded to American economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson. The Royal Swedish…
Nobel Committee: Hunger is not boring, it’s time for it to be on the agenda
The head of the World Food Program (WFP) was speechless when he learned that the organization would receive this year’s Peace Prize. Whether David Beasley…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to World Food Program
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize goes to the World Food Program. The Swedish Academy announced the information on Friday. The organization receives the Peace Prize…
The lackluster nobility of the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize’s long history is fraught with controversies and mistakes, some admitted and others not. And yet, during its entire history, the Prize still…
Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Louise Glück
This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature goes to the American poet Louise Glück. The Swedish Academy announced the information on Thursday. Glück was praised for…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to scientists working on gene-editing
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of gene-editing tools. The Swedish Academy of Sciences…
