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Feb 15, 2021, 01:26 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: New knowledge about a cancer pharmaceutical led to the Sjöberg Prize

Benjamin L. Ebert, USA, receives this year's Sjöberg Prize, worth one million US dollars, for his research into how lenalidomide works as a treatment ...

Oct 12, 2020, 05:57 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020: Their theoretical discoveries have improved auctions in practice

This year's Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction...

Oct 07, 2020, 05:59 ET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020: Genetic scissors - a tool for rewriting the code of life

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna share this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They have discovered one of gene technology's sharpest...

Oct 06, 2020, 06:25 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien - The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Black holes and the Milky Way's darkest secret

Three Laureates share this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole....

Sep 03, 2020, 03:11 ET Press invitation: Announcements of Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Prize in Economic Sciences

Every year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic...

Feb 04, 2020, 01:45 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: Sjöberg Prize Awarded for Decisive Discoveries About Cell Growth

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sjöberg Prize 2020 of one million US dollars to Michael Hall and David Sabatini. The...

Nov 04, 2019, 02:42 ET Press Conference With the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry and the Laureates in Economic Sciences: Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien

On 7 December, we open Nobel Week with a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where we gather this year's Laureates in Physics...

Oct 14, 2019, 07:32 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019 - Their Research is Helping Fight Poverty

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to Abhijit ...

Oct 09, 2019, 06:48 ET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 - They Created a Rechargeable World

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira ...

Oct 08, 2019, 06:38 ET The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 - New Perspectives on our Place in the Universe

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz. This...

Aug 26, 2019, 06:58 ET Press Invitation: Announcements of the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2019

Applications are now open for press accreditation to the announcements at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Every year, the Academy awards the...

Feb 04, 2019, 15:45 ET Targeted Treatment of Cancer Receives the Sjöberg Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award cancer researchers Dennis Slamon and Brian Druker the Sjöberg Prize 2019, worth one...

Jan 18, 2019, 02:13 ET Crafoord Prize Awarded for Discovery of Miniscule Organism

This year's Crafoord Prize has been awarded to Sallie Chisholm for the discovery of and research into Prochlorococcus, a very small cyanobacteria of...

Aug 31, 2018, 09:29 ET Announcements of the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2018

Applications are now open for press accreditation to the announcements at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Every year, the Academy awards the...

May 25, 2018, 11:13 ET Announcements of the Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2018

Each year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic...

Oct 09, 2017, 06:11 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien - The Prize in Economic Sciences 2017 - Integrating Economics With Psychology

Richard H. Thaler has incorporated psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making. By exploring the consequences of...

Oct 04, 2017, 07:03 ET The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 - Cool Microscope Technology Revolutionises Biochemistry

We may soon have detailed images of life's complex machineries in atomic resolution. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 is awarded to Jacques...

Oct 03, 2017, 07:31 ET The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 - Gravitational Waves Finally Captured

On 14 September 2015, the universe's gravitational waves were observed for the very first time. The waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a...

Feb 13, 2017, 23:24 ET Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien - The First Sjöberg Prize, Totalling 1 Million US Dollars, is Awarded for Discoveries That Have Led to New and Effective Cancer Treatments

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sjöberg Prize 2017 to James P. Allison, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...