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7–14 October 2024

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Spotlight on: The Nobel Prize in Physics

Last year’s physics prize

Experiments with light capture the shortest of moments

The three Nobel Prize laureates in physics 2023 have demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy.
Illustration of two electrons, illustrating the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023.

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

"We are still learning new things"

Listen to Anne L’Huillier in her first interview after learning that she had been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Physics laureates: Who did what?

What are the Nobel Prize categories?

The Nobel Prize categories are physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace and were laid out in the will of Alfred Nobel. Find out more in the FAQ!
The Nobel Prize medal.

The Nobel Prize medal.

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Alfred Nobel

The Swedish inventor left his fortune to fund the Nobel Prizes.
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Learn about the 2023 Nobel Prizes

  • Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

    Electrons in pulses of light

    Illustration of two electrons, illustrating the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023

    They added colour to nanotechnology

    An illustration of a bucket of paint with coloured balls beneath it, representing quantum dots.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexey Yekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

    Vaccine development

    A blue background with COVID-19 virus and a yellow strand of modified mRNA. Also shown is the chemical structure of pseudouridine, an RNA base that was important in the prize-awarded discovery. The graphic represents the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karinkó and Drew Weissman who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 was awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”

2023 Nobel Prize laureates

What's on

  • Nobel Prize Conversations, Madrid

    The Impossible Takes Longer

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    Just sometimes, everyone else is wrong. They insist that your idea won’t work, your finding is wrong, your scheme is mad. For many Nobel Prize laureates, that was the starting point.

  • Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm

    These things changed the world

    Museum insides

    For the first time, the Nobel Prize Museum is displaying a large selection of items from its collection of artefacts from Nobel Prize laureates. 

  • Nobel Peace Center, Oslo

    Woman – life – freedom

    Museum insides

    The Peace Prize Exhibition, which is also named after this slogan, tells the story of Narges Mohammadi through her own words and images.

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  • Vitamin B1

    This fast-paced game relies on a keen knowledge of food containing vitamin B1

    Vitamin B1 educational game

  • Peace Builders

    Step into the shoes of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and learn about the legacy of Alfred Nobel

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In memoriam

Physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies

Tsung Dao Lee passed away on 4 August, age 97. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 for his “penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”

Biography
Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee

J. Robin Warren passes away aged 87

J. Robin Warren passed away on 23 July 2024. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease

Biography
Robin Warren

Bengt Samuelsson 1934‒2024

Bengt Samuelsson passed away on 5 July 2024, age 90. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.

Biography
Bengt I. Samuelsson

Alice Munro dies aged 92

Canadian author Alice Munro passed away on 15 May 2024. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 with the motivation “master of the contemporary short story”.

Biography
Alice Munro