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Nobel Prize

Learn more about the people who have won a Nobel Prize for their science

Chemistry
Structures that work like Hermione’s magic handbag land a chemistry Nobel

By Meghan RosenOctober 10, 2025
Chemistry
Predicting and designing protein structures wins a 2024 Nobel Prize

By Meghan Rosen and Andrea TamayoOctober 9, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Two AI trailblazers win the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics

By Emily Conover and Lisa GrossmanOctober 8, 2024
Genetics
The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology

By Tina Hesman Saey and Sophie HartleyOctober 8, 2024
Science & Society
Let’s learn about the Nobel Prize

By Maria TemmingOctober 8, 2024
Chemistry
Creation of quantum dots wins 2023 chemistry Nobel

By Carolyn Gramling and Tina Hesman SaeyOctober 4, 2023
Physics
Efforts to create ultrafast light pulses win 2023 physics Nobel

By Emily Conover and James R. RiordonOctober 3, 2023
Health & Medicine
RNA work that led to COVID-19 vaccines wins 2023 Nobel in medicine

By Tina Hesman Saey, Meghan Rosen and Erin Garcia de JesúsOctober 2, 2023

Chemistry
Lego-like way to snap molecules together wins 2022 chemistry Nobel

By Meghan Rosen and Nikk OgasaOctober 6, 2022
Physics
Experiments on ‘entangled’ quantum particles won the physics Nobel Prize

By James R. Riordon and Maria TemmingOctober 5, 2022
Genetics
Examining Neandertal and Denisovan DNA wins a 2022 Nobel Prize

By Tina Hesman Saey and Aimee CunninghamOctober 4, 2022
Chemistry
Chemists win Nobel Prize for faster, cleaner way of making molecules

By Jonathan LambertOctober 7, 2021