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Foundation pulls invite to Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend Nobel Prize ceremonies

9:42pm September 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Swedish lawmakers had said they would boycott this year's Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm after the foundation initially invited representatives of the three countries to attend.

Memorial chairman Yan Rachinsky condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in his acceptance speech on behalf of the organization Memorial in Oslo, Norway on Saturday.

In acceptance speech, Russian Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate condemns Ukraine war

4:16pm December 10, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

Yan Rachinsky denounced "the insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine" while accepting the award on Saturday.

A bust of Alfred Nobel on display at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.

The Nobel chemistry prize is awarded to 3 people for their work in attaching molecules

5:59am October 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of "snapping molecules together."

A Nobel diploma and medal are displayed, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, during a ceremony in New York.

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in physics for their work on quantum information

6:03am October 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to research on how light and matter act on an atomic scale.

Swedish scientist Svante Paabo smiles at the award ceremony at the Hamburg Kerber Foundation's European Science Prize, in Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 7, 2018.

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded for research on evolution

11:23am October 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo for his discoveries on human evolution.

Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist and academic who lives in the U.K., poses with his 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature medal after being presented it at the Swedish ambassador's residence in London.

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No black-tie dinner with the Swedish king for this year's Nobel Prize winners

6:23pm December 06, 2021

by Mia Estrada

Instead, most of the laureates are receiving their awards in their home countries because the pandemic has disrupted the ceremonies yet again.

Goran K. Hansson (C), Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Nobel Economics Prize committee members Peter Fredriksson (L) and Eva Mork (R) give a press conference to announce the winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in E

A Nobel Prize for a revolution in economics

7:08am October 12, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens win a Nobel Prize for revolutionizing how economics is done.

Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann shared half of this year's Nobel Prize, and Giorgio Parisi was awarded the other half.

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The Nobel Prize in physics honors work on climate change and complex systems

8:00pm October 05, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for work on disorder, fluctuations and the ability to predict a changing climate.

The Nobel Prize gold medal during manufacture at the Swedish Mint. Each laureate receives the medal, which has the likeness of Alfred Nobel on its face.

'Auctions Are Everywhere': 2020 Economics Nobel Goes To 2 Americans

11:12am October 12, 2020

Stanford's Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson are honored for their "inventions of new auction formats." Auctions are now used to price Internet ads, wholesale electricity and fishing permits.

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A Nobel Prize gold medal seen during the manufacturing process in the Swedish Mint. The medals, presented to each laureate, are made of 18 karat recycled gold and weigh 175 grams (6.13 ounces). The economics medal weighs 185 grams (6.48 ounces).

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3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Hepatitis C Virus Discovery

8:23am October 05, 2020

by Mark Katkov

The scientists' work led to a test to protect blood transfusion recipients from hepatitis C and drugs to treat the infection that have saved millions of lives, according to the Nobel Assembly.