Nobel Prizes

Cultural

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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"In the past few years three Nobel Prizes have gone to French physicists alone!"

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Between 1901 and 1933, it had won a full one-third of all the Nobel Prizes.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025

A new article, written by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Calculation Consulting, examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

Seven of Ernest’s students and colleagues there would win Nobel Prizes in physics or chemistry after his death.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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