The coveted Nobel Prizes are announced annually, and the most recent installment is here. This year's U.S. winners include Harvard professor Claudia Goldin, two University of Pennsylvania ...

Nobel prizes for applied research provide recognition for innovations with profound impact, fully in tune with the intentions of Alfred Nobel. The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics honours discoveries ...

T he Nobel prizes may be one of the most famous and prestigious awards in the world—but who was the man behind them? As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur ...

This year it is highly probably that two authors will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Prize for 1949 was held over because the members of the Swedish Academy could not agree on any ...

The Nobel prizes were established in 1901 to acknowledge achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and in fostering peace. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of ...

Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for humankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Here are ...

Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly ...

“That is the essence of this prize, how the hibakusha and their ... another key point during the interview: “The heart of Alfred Nobel's vision was that individuals can make a difference.” ...