A discovery made by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren turned an established medical theory on its head.
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Find out why Rita Levi-Montalcini's Nobel Prize awarded research began in a bedroom in Italy during World War II.
Video interview with Rita Levi-Montalcini
Tim Hunt lectures on Lessons from a Life in Science: How to get a Nobel Prize to inspire the next generation of young scientists to make future scientific breakthroughs.
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Watch Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, 1964.
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18 May is the 144th birthday of Bertrand Russell, philisopher, logician and social reformer. He was awarded the 1950 Literature Prize "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".
Listen to the beginning of Bertrand Russell's Nobel Lecture
The Nobel Foundation’s capital has grown by one billion Swedish kronor since 2011.
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The date and time for the announcements of the recipients of the Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel are now set.
PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE - Monday 3 October, 11:30 a.m. at the earliest
PHYSICS - Tuesday 4 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
CHEMISTRY - Wednesday 5 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
PEACE - Friday 7 October, 11:00 a.m.
ECONOMIC SCIENCES - Monday 10 October, 1:00 p.m. at the earliest
LITERATURE - The date will be set later.
Times listed are local time in Sweden (CET).
Between 1901 and 2015, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 573 times to 900 people and organizations.
The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 49 times between 1901 and 2015.
Youngest Nobel Laureate ever is 17-year old Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. 50 out of all Laureates were younger than 40 years old at the year of the award.
All Nobel Laureates by age
Leonid Hurwicz was 90 years old when he was awarded the 2007 Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Marie Curie discovered the elements radium and polonium. She is the only woman to have been awarded two prizes, one in Physics and one in Chemistry.
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Fairly unknown in Europe at the time, Bengali poet and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore attracted western readers with his aura of mysticism.
Tagore and his India
Although famed for his theory of general relativity, it was his law about light that gave Albert Einstein the Nobel Prize in Physics 95 years ago.
Albert Einstein's biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his struggle for civil rights and social justice. He held his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1964.
Watch the speech
No person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who may submit a candidate?
More about the nomination process for a Nobel Laureate
Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for peace and human rights – achievements of women around the world awarded the Nobel Prize.
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Get to know the Nobel Laureates a bit better. Find your favourite among the episodes!
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PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2014
CHEMISTRY 2002
Jonas Kaufmann. Photo © Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music.
Jonas Kaufmann, "the most important versatile tenor of his generation", will perform at the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 December 2016. Gianandrea Noseda, newly appointed music director at the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, USA, will lead the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets will go on sale on 24 May.
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The Nobel Prize Concert is a classical music concert of the highest international standard, arranged every year by Nobel Media in cooperation with the Stockholm Concert Hall, and held in honour of the current year's Nobel Laureates. The concert is held on 8 December as part of the official Nobel Week program of activities.
Enjoy previous concerts featuring Andris Nelsons, Riccardo Muti and others
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Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, on a wonderful site along Stockholm's central waterfront. Through its broad public activities, the Nobel Center will invite people into the Nobel Prize’s unique world of natural sciences, humanities and peace efforts and become a meeting place that inspires curiosity and creativity.
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On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Alfred Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize.
Learn more about Alfred Nobel
Sir Harold Kroto was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of carbon atoms bound in the form of a ball - fullerenes. He passed away on 30 April, 76 years old.
Biography
Walter Kohn passed away on 21 April, 93 years old. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of the density-functional theory. This presented new opportunities for calculations involving chemical structures and reactions.
Biography
Lloyd S. Shapley, awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences 2012 "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design", passed away on 12 March, 92 years old.
Biography
Alfred G. Gilman, 1994 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, died on 23 December, 74 years old. He was awarded for the discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
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