Nobel Prizes

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1. Prizes given annually for achievement in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and medicine and physiology. The prizes were founded by a Swedish munitions maker, Alfred Nobel, and are considered a mark of worldwide leadership in the fields in which they are given. Nobel winners, called Nobel laureates, receive their prizes in ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize, which is presented in Oslo, Norway.

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Its scientists have won 75 Nobel Prizes, including four this year alone.

From Salon

Nobel prizes regularly point to such arrangements as foundational for progress, such as recent awards for folding proteins and economic innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The world’s brightest students compete to study at our universities and 17 national laboratories, to build innovative enterprises and win Nobel prizes as U.S. citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nobel prizes in the sciences are the result of intellectual capital built over decades of hard work and research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Appeared in the October 9, 2025, print edition as 'Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes'.

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