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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
Marta Hill • October 9, 2024
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper awarded for advancements in protein design and structure prediction
K.R. Callaway • October 8, 2024
This year’s prize was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for machine learning discoveries
Lauren Schneider • October 7, 2024
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun recognized for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene expression
Olivia Gieger • October 9, 2023
The third woman to win the award illuminates workforce gender gap
Alexa Robles-Gil • October 6, 2023
Narges Mohammadi lauded for her fight for women's freedom
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovations in theater and poetry
Avery Orrall • October 5, 2023
Fosse was applauded for his ability to “give voice to the unsayable”
Jenaye Johnson • October 4, 2023
Their development of tiny "quantum dot" particles revolutionized LED and QLED technologies
Kohava Mendelsohn • October 3, 2023
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier created pulses of light on the scale of attoseconds to study the energy and movement of electrons
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Dawn Attride • October 2, 2023
Their work led to the development of critical mRNA vaccines that slowed the spread of COVID-19
Alice Sun • September 18, 2023
Wildlife celebrities are becoming more common. Whether this harms or helps conservation depends on how we engage with these critters’ stories online
Calli McMurray • August 9, 2023
The dark sky is only accessible to people with the means to travel to it. That needs to change
Timmy Broderick • October 10, 2022
The laureates’ work highlights both the necessity and instability of banks in the modern economy