Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the three have “completely reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences.”

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for finding an “ingenious” and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that can be used to make a variety of compounds, including medicines and pesticides

Two American scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of the receptors that allow humans to feel temperature and touch.

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year

Stanford professor Paul Milgrom’s Nest doorbell camera captured the moment his neighbor and fellow winner, Robert Wilson, alert him of their Nobel Prize win.

It was the middle of the night in California when the Nobel Committee, based in Stockholm, Sweden, tried to reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to tell him he won the Nobel Prize in economics. When the committee couldn’t reach him, his neighbor and fellow winner, Robert Wilson, took matters into his own hands, NBC News reports. Footage from Milgrom’s...

Two American economists have won the Nobel Prize for improving how auctions work

American poet Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “candid and uncompromising” work

The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to two researchers for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life

The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Briton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez for advancing our understanding of black holes

Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.

The Nobel Prizes show how slow basic science pays off, even though everyone wants quick fixes to global problems

An anti-immigrant Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East