Nobel Prize

Elizabeth Blackburn evolved from a self-described “lab rat” to an influencer of health and public policy. Her research offers hope for cancer treatment and clues to the mystery of ageing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2In59A5

Just released: a new Nobel Prize lesson to share with your students. It's a deep dive into the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, which turned a giant block of ice in the south pole into a detector for mysterious particles from space. Use the Nobel Prize lesson in the classroom: https://bit.ly/4sB3oDp

"The only safe way to use information is to try to disprove what you believe." Medicine laureate Craig Mello reflects on AI's impact on the future of science. Watch the full conversation: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/

Medicine laureate Linda Buck tells her students: “Pick a problem that you’re extremely interested in.” Is there a challenge you’re trying to solve? #NobelPrize

In 1988, Francis Halzen presented a radical idea for a new kind of space observatory in a paper titled ‘High Energy Neutrino Detection in Polar Ice'. This diagram is his earliest demonstration of how this would work. Read the full 1988 paper here: https://bit.ly/47rflly

With its captivating heroine navigating life in 14th century Norway, the ‘Kristin Lavransdatter’ trilogy continues to enthral readers with its constant twists and turns, despite being penned by literature laureate Sigrid Undset about a century ago. #NobelPrize

In 1929, Alexander Fleming published his paper outlining the antibacterial properties of penicillin, and paved the way for a new era of antibiotics. Read the Nobel Prize laureate's full article online: https://t.co/fPKDufTlbD #OpenAccessWeek

Join us on 9 December in Stockholm, when we'll be discussing 'Life with AI' with AI experts and Nobel Prize laureates Philippe Aghion, Steven Chu, John Jumper and David MacMillan. Find out more about this year's Nobel Week Dialogue and sign up now at nobelprize.org/life-with-ai

Happy #MoleDay! Right now, it's 6:02am on 23 October, aka 6:02 10/23 in the US date format. Chemists out there will notice this date and time resembles Avogadro's number, a basic measuring unit, which defines the number of particles in one mole of substance.

Human decision making is rarely perfectly logical. Find out how psychology affects our decision making by watching our full video with @ted-ed.bsky.social at https://bit.ly/4zGHpx8

The original publication on graphene was published #OTD in 2004. The discovery of the material – incredibly thin yet strong and able to conduct heat and electricity – led to a Nobel Prize for authors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3xxH2Wj

How much do you know about the will and testament of Alfred Nobel? On the 193rd anniversary of Nobel's birth, watch as Gustav Källstrand tells us about the man and the document that led to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. Learn more about Nobel: https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel

Today on World CRISPR Day, we would like to highlight our laureates, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier. They were awarded the chemistry prize 2020 for their breakthrough in genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9. Watch this interview to see how it has evolved since then: https://bit.ly/3U5DTNQ

"I didn't count on winning the Nobel Prize until it happened, and it might never have happened." Medicine laureate Bruce Beutler reflects on the reasons for becoming a scientist. Beutler shared the 2011 medicine prize for discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.

#OnThisDay in 1900, Max Planck presented his law of black body emission, Planck’s law. Planck's law (coloured curves) accurately describe black body radiation and resolved the ultraviolet catastrophe (black curve) a prediction of late 19th/early 20th century classical physics.

Craig Mello was awarded the Nobel Prize after discovering a process called RNA interference, which can regulate gene expression by silencing selected genes, or rendering them inactive. This plays an important regulatory role within a genome. Read more: https://bit.ly/3eM8UBh

Hear 2019 economic sciences laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo talk about the importance of experiencing life in developing countries – not only the challenges, but also the beauty. Their innovative research has developed new approaches to alleviating global poverty.

"We get to invent the future." Chemistry laureate David MacMillan on the joy of being a scientist and the possibilities he sees with AI's impact on science. Watch our full conversation on AI's impact on the future of science: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/

Gerty Cori was employed on much less favourable terms than her husband. She became a professor 16 years after him, just two months after they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947. Learn more about her life: https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/gerty-cori/

It's been one week since the world found out who was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Let's revisit the moment the 2026 peace laureate, Navi Pillay, was announced. Read more at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/

Exactly one week ago we found out who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Find out more about the literary world of this year's laureate, Anne Carson: https://bit.ly/4ztv3sa

Today is Global Handwashing Day! Medicine laureate Jules Bordet's discoveries related to immunity helped identify the bacterium that causes whooping cough. This can be prevented with vaccines, and its spread slowed by washing hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds.

Meet the person behind the illustrations of the 2026 Nobel Prize laureates. Check out artist @niklaselmehed.bsky.social. Here he is painting the illustrations for our new medicine laureates, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel.

"School was not easy for me." Medicine laureate Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. Finding it difficult to read the traditional way, she taught herself to memorise words and letter order.

2026 chemistry laureate Kenso Soai designed the first ever chemical reaction that had the potential to be homochiral. Other than life itself, no one had previously achieved this feat. Listen to our interview with Soai: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2026/soai/interview/

Throwback to Wednesday last week when the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced. Rewatch the moment and learn about the prize, awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work in asymmetric organic synthesis. Discover more about this year's chemistry prize: https://bit.ly/4jiEBSa

Decoding the brain requires breaking down traditional scientific silos. 🔬 Check out this deep dive with Dr. Karl Deisseroth, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, on how viewing biology through the lens of physics is transforming neuroscience: https://bit.ly/4hxn5s0

Take a look at this 114-year-old correspondence between literature laureates Bertrand Russell and Rabindranath Tagore on this day in 1912. Tagore tells Russell he recently finished Russell's article 'The Essence of Religion'. Tagore writes that the article reminded him of a verse in the Upanishads.

Last week we discovered who had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics. Take a look at the moment this year's physics laureate Francis Halzen was revealed, recognised for his pioneering work on a neutrino detector in the South Pole. Learn more about the prize: https://bit.ly/4s8D6Z6

Watch the very moment the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is announced. Presented by Ellen Moons, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. See the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4zwFg7l

2026 economic sciences laureate Michael Woodford, was born in 1955 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA. He earned his PhD in 1983 from @mit.edu, Cambridge, USA. He is currently a professor at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, New York, USA. https://iserp.columbia.edu/content/michael-woodford

This year’s economic sciences laureate Robert E. Hall was born in 1943 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He received his PhD in 1967 from @mit.edu, Cambridge, USA. He is currently a professor at @stanford.edu, California, USA. https://profiles.stanford.edu/robert-hall

Learn more about the 2026 prize in economic sciences: Press release: bit.ly/4xr1Psn Popular information: bit.ly/4dkmaZe Advanced information: bit.ly/4xyWC1H #NobelPrize