Alfred Nobel's will also stated that the prizes should recognize work done 'during the preceding year' 1, and although 'fresh' discoveries were recognized in the early days of the prizes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

the organization set up in 1900 by the bequest of Alfred Nobel to manage the assets that support the prestigious Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace ...

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 ...

The prizes founded by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel must embody “freedom of thought” and the “ability for scientists to work freely without restrictions”, she added. The Nobel Prizes for ...