Winston Churchill was one of the 20th century’s most prominent statesmen. However, the Nobel Prize awarded to him was in literature, “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” In the presentation speech at the award ceremony, the Swedish Academy pointed out: “Very seldom have great statesmen and warriors also been great writers.”
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When standing on the summit of Scotland’s highest mountain Ben Nevis in 1894, C.T.R. Wilson was struck by the beauty of coronas and “glories.” He decided to imitate these natural phenomena in the laboratory.
130 years later, artist Uljana Baykevych celebrates Wilson’s Nobel Prize awarded discovery of the cloud chamber through an interactive installation in Stockholm.
Solar Glory – an interactive light installation in Stockholm.
Courtesy of Uljana Baykevych
What does microRNA do?
Have you heard of microRNA?
This tiny molecule plays a crucial role in protein production in our cells.
Discover the works of Han Kang
Curious about 2024 literature laureate Han Kang but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations.
Books by Han Kang.
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In this interview, 2018 literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk reflects on what health means to her, how literature and mental health are connected, and what she learned from working as a psychologist.
Olga Tokarczuk takes part in the event the ‘Future of Health’ on 9 December. Read more about the event here
From poetic prose that confronts historical traumas to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. From predicting proteins’ complex structures to training artificial neural networks using physics. From microRNA to new insights into how institutions affect prosperity.
James Robinson was awakened by his family.
David Baker on the potential of building brand new proteins.
Gary Ruvkun on the pleasure of finding things out.
A symbol for the fight to abolish nuclear weapons
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 is awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation of survivors from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The origami crane has become symbolic to their fight to abolish nuclear weapons.
Watch this tutorial to learn how to fold your own paper crane.
Diabetes used to be a death sentence, but that changed in 1922 when a teenager’s miraculous recovery brought hope to millions.
Tracked insulin by injecting radioactive iodine into patients’ blood.
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin’s discoveries in biochemistry and medicine include the determination of the structure of penicillin.
Photo: Science Museum London/Science and Society Picture Library [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
John Nash was awarded the prize in economic sciences for his work in game theory, and more specifically for his “Nash equilibrium theory”.
Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Learn about the discovery of “grid cells” that generate a coordinate system and allow for precise positioning and pathfinding.
Geir Mogen/Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?
Mahatma Gandhi laughing.
Photo: Public domain.
A team of female Yazidi deminers in Iraq attempting to clear their land of mines left behind by ISIS. A team of scientists on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to help better our understanding of climate change. A man building prosthetic legs to help victims of war walk again in South Sudan … All are inspired by Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
