Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

An attosecond is a billionth of a billionth of a second.

3 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Karikó and Weissman found how to change mRNA so that it does not trigger harmful inflammation, making possible the mRNA vaccines against Covid-19.

2 October 2023 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2022 Nobel Peace Prize

The prize honours a human rights advocate from Belarus, Ales Bialiatski, and human rights organisations in Russia and Ukraine, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties.

7 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

The French writer draws on her own life and on the experience of social class in books such as The Years.

6 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Click chemistry allows molecules to be snapped together quickly and efficiently.

5 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

Their experiments with pairs of linked particles proved that quantum mechanics really does work in ways Einstein found strange, and laid the foundations for quantum technology.

4 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Pääbo sequenced the genome of the Neanderthals and discovered a previously unknown human relative, the Denisovans, showing that they interbred with our ancestors.

3 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The three economists showed how to draw conclusions about cause and effect from real-world events, known as natural experiments.

11 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Ressa, from the Philippines, and Muratov, from Russia, are journalists who have defended freedom of the press in difficult conditions.

8 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Tanzanian-born writer came to Britain as a refugee in the 1960s and is emeritus professor at the University of Kent.

7 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize