Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The three economists showed how institutions set up in colonial times help explain why some countries are rich and others poor.

14 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo is a movement of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, known as hibakusha, who have campaigned against nuclear weapons.

11 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

The South Korean writer is best known for The Vegetarian, which won the International Booker Prize in 2016.

10 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Baker designed entirely new proteins, while Hassabis and Jumper of Google DeepMind in London created AlphaFold, an AI model that predicts the shape of proteins.

9 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

Hopfield and Hinton used tools from physics to develop the foundations of machine learning.

8 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

MicroRNAs are tiny molecules that control how genes are used in the body.

7 October 2024 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Goldin used centuries of data to show how women's pay and employment have changed, and why a gap with men remains.

9 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammadi, a campaigner for women's rights, is serving a prison sentence in Tehran.

6 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Norwegian writer is one of the most performed playwrights in the world, and his novels include the seven-part Septology.

5 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Quantum dots are tiny particles whose colour depends on their size.

4 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize