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Nobel Prize

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

Physics
Trio wins physics Nobel for detecting gravity waves

By Emily Conover and Lisa GrossmanOctober 3, 2017
Brain
Understanding body clocks brings three a Nobel Prize

By Tina Hesman Saey and Aimee CunninghamOctober 2, 2017
Science & Society
Explainer: The Nobel Prize

By Bethany BrookshireOctober 2, 2017
Chemistry
Chemistry Nobel honors pioneers of world’s smallest machines

By Tina Hesman Saey and Thomas SumnerOctober 5, 2016
Math
Math predicts weird materials; leads to 2016 physics Nobel

By Emily ConoverOctober 4, 2016
Health & Medicine
Nobel awarded for unveiling how cells recycle their trash

By Meghan Rosen and Laurel HamersOctober 3, 2016
Chemistry
Trio gets chemistry Nobel for figuring out DNA repair

By Meghan Rosen and Sarah SchwartzOctober 8, 2015
Physics
Particles that zip through matter snare Nobel

By Janet Raloff and Andrew GrantOctober 7, 2015

Health & Medicine
Nobel goes for developing drugs from nature

By Tina Hesman Saey and Laura SandersOctober 6, 2015
Science & Society
Teen wins Nobel for support of educating girls

By Janet RaloffOctober 10, 2014
Physics
Nobel goes for creating the ‘nanoscope’

By Science News ExploresOctober 8, 2014
Materials Science
Nobel goes for making white LEDs possible

By Janet RaloffOctober 7, 2014