The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

The mRNA vaccine story during the COVID-19 pandemic placed an extraordinary premium on altruism on the part of scientists

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by three scientists—Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier—for their “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”

The foundation that awards the Right Livelihood Award has expressed concern over a decision by Cambodia to bar three environmental activists from traveling to Sweden to receive the prize known as the “Alternative Nobel.”

The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet said on October 2.

The scientists look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds, giving "humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons," according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The top award in physics goes to three scientists for ‘experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light’.

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The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

There are 351 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel for mRNA vaccine discoveries: Hungarian biochemist Karikó and American physician-scientist Weissman win Nobel for discoveries enabling development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Their work overcame hurdles to allow mRNA to enter body without setting off alarm bells, paving way for vaccines against other diseases.

Drew Weissman’s decades of research into mRNA technology paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines, finally earning a Nobel prize for the physician-scientist