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Two U.S. economists win Nobel for work incorporating consumers’ views into boom-bust predictions
Marta Zherukha • October 12, 2026
This year’s prize highlights Robert Hall and Michael Woodford’s work developing models that take future expectations of the public into account in economic policy
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay for enforcing human rights protections in international law
Bela Silverman • October 9, 2026
Navi Pillay’s win sends a “message to those attacking and undermining international law”
Saskia Grisaru • October 8, 2026
Canadian poet Anne Carson was recognized for playful, ironic works that interweave the classical and the contemporary
Nicole Less • October 7, 2026
Understanding the creation and amplification of chiral molecules is foundational to organic chemistry and drug synthesis
Maia Chandler • October 6, 2026
Halzen is the leader of IceCube, an international collaboration that detects ghostly particles from across the universe
Alya Khoury • October 5, 2026
Two German researchers and an American physician were awarded for their discoveries in optogenetics
Nhung Nguyen • October 14, 2025
Their work highlights the threats posed by market dominance by a few companies, restrictions on academic freedom and market conservatism
Julie Zenderoudi • October 10, 2025
María Corina Machado became a symbol of resistance against authoritarianism during Venezuela’s most recent election
Alissa de Chassey • October 9, 2025
László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his philosophical, apocalyptic and hallucinatory novels
Madeline Shaw • October 8, 2025
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi jointly awarded for their work developing new porous materials with wide-ranging applications
Isabel Gil • October 7, 2025
A trio of physicists won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale.
Sarah Hofmann • October 6, 2025
The scientists’ identification of regulatory T cells furthered understanding of the immune system
Perri Thaler • October 14, 2024
Three economists share the prize for their work in understanding how economic and political institutions impact the prosperity of a country.
Gaea Cabico • October 11, 2024
Nihon Hidankyo receives the prize for their work toward achieving a nuclear-free world
Miriam Bahagijo • October 10, 2024
Han Kang is honored for her works that lay bare the fragility of human life and explore past traumas