On Tuesday, October 8, the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the physics prize. They are John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable ...

Most scientists can never receive a Nobel Prize, arguably the most prestigious award in science.Only physicists, chemists, and specialists in physiology or medicine are eligible for the honor ...

Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, discoverer of the X-rays, who died in February, never tried to capitalize his discovery and died poor. The Nobel prize in physics (about $40,000), conferred on him in 1901, ...

With the 2022 Nobel prizes due to be announced, Physics World editors look at the physicists who’ve won prizes in fields other than their own. Here, Tami Freeman examines two medical imaging ...

In 2024, the Norwegian Nobel Institute registered 286 candidates for that year's Nobel Peace Prize — 197 individuals and 89 organizations. The year 2016 saw the highest number of nominations ...

The Nobel Prizes were established by Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will, aiming to honor advancements in science, literature, and peace. Image Credit: Reuters.

STOCKHOLM — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning. "This year's two ...

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on ...

Stockholm — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on tiny quantum dots. Moungi Bawendi, of MIT, Louis Brus, of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals ...

With the Nobel Prizes being announced this week, here are five scientific breakthroughs that haven’t resulted in a life-changing call from Sweden — at least not yet.

The Nobel Committee announced the laureates of the Physics Prize on October 3. The recipients are scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Annick Lyraud, the Nobel Foundation's press service ...