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Here they tell why they got into science. </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="html-module"> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-WKofYuJGM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="100%"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> Olga Tokarczuk: "The characters are coming from outside to my story" </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p> Olga Tokarczuk was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life." In this interview she talks about her childhood, the road to becoming a Nobel Prize-awarded author, her love of fairytales and the process of writing. </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="html-module"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Nobel Prize Conversations</h3> </header> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe width="100%" height="80" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://embed.acast.com/nobelprizeconversations" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> "You have to develop another way of thinking" </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p> In this conversation Oliver Hart explores the importance of words and language for a researcher, how being good at economics is about learning to THINK like an economist and how his parents influenced him to think that anyone who’s not left-wing is an idiot. <br><br> In 2016, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2016/hart/facts/">Oliver Hart </a> was awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for his contribution to contract theory. <br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-conversations/">More conversations</a> </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="links"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Recently published</h3> </header> <ul class="linkset"> <li itemprop="name" class="border-top"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/press/#/publication/5ea2c92279cc0b0004718b4f/552bd85dccc8e20c00e7f979?&sh=false">The Nobel Foundation’s 2019 asset management and earnings</a></p> </a> </li> <li itemprop="name" class="border-top"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/04/annual-review-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Nobel Foundation annual review 2019</a></p> </a> </li> <li itemprop="name" class="border-top"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/04/annual-report-2019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Nobel Foundation annual report 2019</a></p> </a> </li> <li itemprop="name" class="border-top"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/prize-announcement-dates">Dates for the Nobel Prize announcements 2020</a></p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="html-module"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>50 years of Earth Day</h3> </header> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/OnJ2EvoXrNY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="100%"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h3 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> Sustainable courage </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p> Greta Thunberg and Johan Rockström met for a digital conversation about courage, solidarity and opportunities in times of crisis, streamed from the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on Earth Day, 22 April.<br><br> Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate and environmental activist. Johan Rockström is professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="article-grid var-half-width-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Nobel Prize Concert 2020</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-a"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-concert-2020/"> Pianist Igor Levit soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The world-renowned pianist Igor Levit will be performing at this year's Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December. At his side, he will have conductor Stéphane Denève leading the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.</p> <p>Date for ticket release will be published later.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-concert-2020/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/04/igor-levit-by-robbie-lawrence-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/04/igor-levit-by-robbie-lawrence.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/04/igor-levit-by-robbie-lawrence.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Igor Levit"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/04/igor-levit-by-robbie-lawrence-1000x676.jpg" alt="Igor Levit"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__caption">Igor Levit</p> <p class="figcaption__attribution">Photo: Robbie Lawrence</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="html-module"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>'Lost and Found'</h3> </header> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/_hspKngQ-3E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="100%"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> Watch the documentary ‘Lost and Found’ </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p>The film follows Kamal Hussein, a Rohingya refugee in the world’s largest refugee camp who has dedicated his life to reuniting children with their parents, with the support of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1954/refugees/facts/">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a>. This National Geographic Documentary Film is the result of a partnership between the Nobel Prize and Academy Award-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel (‘The White Helmets’). </p> </div> <br> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <h6>The video is available all over the world, apart from in the following countries: Spain, Australia, India, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, Mauritania, all of the Middle East.</h6> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="html-module"> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/7iFq6KMppSw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="100%"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> Women who changed science: Barbara McClintock </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p> Throughout her career, Barbara McClintock studied the cytogenetics of maize, making discoveries so far beyond the understanding of the time that other scientists essentially ignored her work for more than a decade. But she persisted, trusting herself and the evidence under her microscope. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/womenwhochangedscience/stories/barbara-mcclintock" target="_blank">Discover her story </a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="article-grid var-half-width-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Read more</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-a"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/drosophila/"> With a little help from our (insect) friends </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>When Medicine Laureate Michael Young spoke to students at an event in China, he expanded his acknowledgements to include his oldest colleague, Drosophila.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/drosophila/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/4950-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/4950-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/4950-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Fruit fly Drosophila"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/4950-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Fruit fly Drosophila"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-half-width-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Coming up</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-a"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/prize-announcement-dates"> 2020 Nobel Prize announcements </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 5-12 October.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/prize-announcement-dates">See the full schedule</a></p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/prize-announcement-dates"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/63283-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/63283-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/63283-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="AM NobelCalling 0117"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/63283-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="AM NobelCalling 0117"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">© Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-half-width-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Book excerpts</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-a"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/uncategorized/book-excerpts"> Enjoy some reading </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>On nobelprize.org, you can find excerpts from many of our literature laureates' literary works such as Olga Tokarczuk's book 'Flights', Gabriel García Márquez's novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and Wisława Szymborska's poem 'The Three Oddest Words'.</p> <p>Enjoy some excerpts from books or poems written by literature laureates. Discover all the excerpts here.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/uncategorized/book-excerpts"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/93637-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/93637-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/93637-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Books"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/93637-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Books"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">© Nobel Media. Photo: A. Mahmoud</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-one-fourth-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Nobel Prize nominations</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/"> 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nominations </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The Norwegian Nobel Committee received 318 candidates for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 107 of these are organizations.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/02_01_oslo-1.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/02_01_oslo-1.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/02_01_oslo-1.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="2002 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/02_01_oslo-1.jpg" alt="2002 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/questions-and-answers-on-the-nobel-peace-prize/"> Six questions and answers on the Nobel Peace Prize </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Olav Njølstad, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, answers questions about the Nobel Peace Prize.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/questions-and-answers-on-the-nobel-peace-prize/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/murad-mukwege-peace-prize-award-201856632-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/murad-mukwege-peace-prize-award-201856632-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/murad-mukwege-peace-prize-award-201856632-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Murad and Mukwege at award ceremony 2018"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/murad-mukwege-peace-prize-award-201856632-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Murad and Mukwege at award ceremony 2018"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/"> Who can nominate for a Nobel Prize? </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>No person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who can? And how are these persons chosen?</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/addams-nomination-ossietzky-3452-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/addams-nomination-ossietzky-3452-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/addams-nomination-ossietzky-3452-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Jane Addams nomination for Carl von Ossietzky"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/addams-nomination-ossietzky-3452-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Jane Addams nomination for Carl von Ossietzky"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/the-nobel-prize-organisation/prize-awarding-institutions/"> Who selects the Nobel Laureates? </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel specifically designated the institutions responsible for the prizes he wished to be established.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/the-nobel-prize-organisation/prize-awarding-institutions/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/53557-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/53557-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/53557-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="KVA byggnad fasad sommar"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/53557-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="KVA byggnad fasad sommar"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="html-module"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Nobel Minds 2019</h3> </header> <div class="html-module-container" style="overflow: inherit">  <section class="article-grid var-half-width-b"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper" style="min-width: 320px"> <style>.my-embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .my-embed-container iframe, .my-embed-container object, .my-embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="my-embed-container"><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/h-QdXzOboWk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="100%"></iframe></div>  </div> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content">  <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h2" itemprop="headline"> Nobel Laureates in discussion </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <p> The 2019 Nobel Laureates met at the old Stockholm Stock Exchange Building (Börshuset) in Gamla stan, Stockholm for the traditional round-table discussion and TV program 'Nobel Minds'. The laureates talked about their research, what drives them and their visions for the future. The discussion was hosted by the BBC's Zeinab Badawi. </p> </div> </div> </article> </section>  </div> </section> <section class="article-grid var-one-third"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>Nobel Prizes 2019</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-third"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/press-release/"> New perspectives on our place in the universe </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/summary/">Nobel Prize in Physics 2019</a> was awarded with one half to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/peebles/facts/">James Peebles</a> <em>“for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” </em>and the other half jointly to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/mayor/facts/">Michel Mayor</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/queloz/facts/">Didier Queloz</a> <em>“for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”</em></p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/press-release/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/np-lesson-physics-museet-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/np-lesson-physics-museet.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/np-lesson-physics-museet.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/np-lesson-physics-museet-1024x676.jpg" alt="The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-third"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/press-release/"> They developed the world’s most powerful battery </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/summary/">Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019</a> was awarded jointly to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/facts/">John B. Goodenough</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/whittingham/facts/">M. Stanley Whittingham</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/yoshino/facts/">Akira Yoshino</a> <em>“for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”</em></p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/press-release/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/fig_ke_19_webbUTANcopy-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/fig_ke_19_webbUTANcopy-1520x1008.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/fig_ke_19_webbUTANcopy-2000x1352.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt=""/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/fig_ke_19_webbUTANcopy-1024x676.jpg" alt=""/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences </p></figcaption> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-third"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/press-release/"> Sensing oxygen levels </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/summary/">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019</a> was awarded jointly to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/kaelin/facts/">William G. Kaelin Jr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/ratcliffe/facts/">Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/semenza/facts/">Gregg L. Semenza</a> “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/press-release/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/09/3-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/09/3-1520x1008.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/09/3.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/09/3-1024x676.jpg" alt="The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__caption">© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-one-fourth-a"> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/press-release/"> The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/summary/">Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018</a> is awarded to the Polish author <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/tokarczuk/facts/">Olga Tokarczuk</a> <em>“for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”</em></p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018/press-release/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/olga-3_2-5d9f23db89642-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/olga-3_2-5d9f23db89642-1520x1008.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/olga-3_2-5d9f23db89642-2048x1352.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Olga Tokarczuk"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/olga-3_2-5d9f23db89642-1024x676.jpg" alt="Olga Tokarczuk"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2019/press-release/"> The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2019/summary/">Nobel Prize in Literature 2019</a> was awarded to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2019/handke/facts/">Peter Handke</a> <em>“for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience</em>.<em>”</em></p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2019/press-release/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/handke-3_2-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/handke-3_2-1520x1008.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/handke-3_2-2048x1352.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Peter Handke"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/handke-3_2-1024x676.jpg" alt="Peter Handke"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__attribution">Ill. 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The Swedish dynamite millionaire, who thought that his invention would end all wars, had now realised that it was a very deadly product. Wanting to make amends, he did what no man of such wealth had done before ...</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/full-text-of-alfred-nobels-will-2/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/52980-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/52980-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/52980-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Alfred Nobel Will"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/52980-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Alfred Nobel Will"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-third"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-very-first-nobel-prizes/"> The very first Nobel Prizes </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>On 10 December 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded, in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. Read more about the first prizes.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-very-first-nobel-prizes/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/frangsmyr11.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/frangsmyr11.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/frangsmyr11.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="The first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held in 1901 at the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm."/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/frangsmyr11.jpg" alt="The first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held in 1901 at the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm."/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-third"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobel-his-life-and-work/"> Alfred Nobel - scientist and inventor </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel left 31 million SEK (today about 265 million dollar) to fund the Nobel Prizes. Read more about his life and work.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobel-his-life-and-work/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/pf-alfred-bust-992x656.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/pf-alfred-bust.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/pf-alfred-bust.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt=""/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/pf-alfred-bust-1024x676.jpg" alt=""/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-half-width-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>A new house for culture and science</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-a"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/press/#/publication/5e3d3ebb10e5580004d4ce1a/552bd85dccc8e20c00e7f979?&sh=false"> Nobel Center to be built at Slussen, Stockholm </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>The new center will be built at Slussen, with sweeping views of Stockholm harbour and the central city. 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src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World (3)"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/6990-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World (3)"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__caption">The museum showcases the discoveries and creativity of the Nobel Laureates.</p> <p class="figcaption__attribution">Photo: Åke Eson Lindman</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -halfwidth-b"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="subtitle">Oslo, Norway</div> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h1" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/about/nobel-peace-center/"> Nobel Peace Center </a> </h2> </div> </header> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/about/nobel-peace-center/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/51213-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/51213-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/51213-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="NPC Nye Nobels Hage 10"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/51213-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="NPC Nye Nobels Hage 10"/></noscript></picture></a><figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="figcaption__caption">The story of each Peace Laureate is told at the museum.</p> <p class="figcaption__attribution">Photo: Johannes Granseth / Nobel Peace Center</p></figcaption> </figure> </article> </section> <section class="article-grid var-one-fourth-a"> <header class="section-header border-top"> <h3>In memoriam</h3> </header> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/anderson/facts/"> Philip W. Anderson 1923-2020 </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Theoretical physicists Philip W. Anderson has passed away aged 96. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/anderson/facts/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/anderson-13296-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/anderson-13296-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/anderson-13296-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Philip W. Anderson"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/anderson-13296-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Philip W. Anderson"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1976/williams/facts/"> Peace activist Betty Williams dies </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Betty Williams died on 17 March, age 76. She shared the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize with Mairead Corrigan for founding a peace organisation to bring an end to the bitter conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1976/williams/facts/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/williams-13285-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/williams-13285-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/williams-13285-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Betty Williams"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/williams-13285-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Betty Williams"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/cohen/facts/"> Stanley Cohen dies at 97 </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Medicine Laureate Stanley Cohen passed away on 5 February. He shared the 1986 Medicine Prize for "discoveries of growth factors", discoveries which are of fundamental importance for our understanding of the mechanisms which regulate cell and organ growth.</p> </div> </div> <figure class="featuredimage"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/cohen/facts/"><picture><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/cohen-13381-landscape-medium-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 220px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/cohen-13381-landscape-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 900px)"/><source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/cohen-13381-landscape-x-large-2x.jpg" media="(min-width: 1400px)"/><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Stanley Cohen"/><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/images/cohen-13381-landscape-x-large.jpg" alt="Stanley Cohen"/></noscript></picture></a> </figure> </article> <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" class="article -one-fourth"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <header class="content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="headline h3" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512192306/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1993/mullis/facts/"> Kary B. Mullis 1944-2019 </a> </h2> </div> </header> <div class="text"> <p>Kary B. Mullis was awarded the 1993 Chemistry Prize for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. 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