Page 11 - Latest Updates on Nobel Prize 2025

In economics of helping the poor, Abhijit Banerjee gives clear answers

Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer together have launched a movement within development economics

2019 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali

Abiy was honored for his "efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea"

Bookies back Greta Thunberg to win Nobel Peace Prize, experts don't

In August last year, she began sitting alone in front of Sweden's parliament on Fridays with a sign reading "School Strike for the Climate"

2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded for research on lithium-ion batteries

"This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement

2019 Nobel Physics awarded to three scientists for work on cosmology

"This year's Laureates have transformed our ideas about the cosmos," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on awarding the 9 million Swedish crown ($910,000) prize.

Biologists who decoded how cells sense oxygen win medicine Nobel

Medicine is the first of the Nobel Prizes given each year.

2019 Nobel for Medicine awarded to 3 scientists for work on cell research

They received the award jointly for their discoveries of "how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability," the Nobel Committee announced Monday.

Nobel Foundation says 2 literature prizes to be awarded this year

The literature prize was cancelled last year after a mass exodus at the exclusive Swedish Academy following sex abuse allegations

Sexual violence as war weapon: Here's why the Nobel Prize for Peace matters

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize award of 2018

Nobel literature body expands prize jury after sex assault scandal

Venerable institution has been in crisis mode since Nov 2017, after rift emerged among Academy members about how to manage its longstanding ties to a Frenchman accused and now convicted of rape

October 2018 Nobel notes

Beyond the awards, it is worth noting that the number of women awardees is even sparser than it seems at first glance

Nobel laureate Shimomura, who contributed to cancer studies, dies at 90

Shimomura and two American scientists shared the 2008 Nobel prize for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that later contributed to cancer studies

For sustained growth

Nobel prize winners expanded scope of macroeconomic analysis

Humans, environment matter more than growth: Economics Nobel winners' work

What William Nordhaus and Paul Romer's Nobel-winning work means for a growth-hungry India

What still holds women back in the classroom, lab and as Nobel winners?

Studies have shown those who persist in these careers face explicit and implicit barriers to advancement

In over 100 years, no black scientist has won a Nobel prize; here's why

Almost all black laureates have been awarded for work in the fields of peace (ten) and literature (three)

William Nordhaus, Paul Romer win economics Nobel for climate, innovation

Nordhaus also was honored for his role in developing a model that allows economists to analyse the costs of climate change

Nobel 2018 in Economics may go to research on climate, development: Experts

The Nobel economics prize was created by the Swedish central bank 'in memory of Alfred Nobel'

Only 3 physics Nobels in 117 yrs: What still holds women back in science?

Research shows that an implicit bias against women as experts and academic scientists is pervasive

Denis Mukwege & Nadia Murad jointly awarded 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize