The Nobel Prize

During his Nobel Prize banquet speech, 2013 physics laureate Peter Higgs took a moment to reflect on the decades of research and the many involved in understanding the origin of subatomic particle mass. Keep an eye out for the banquet speeches from our 2024 laureates.

Imagine sitting in this chair, signing this guest book, and seeing all the signatures of laureates that came before you. The 2024 laureates will soon arrive in Stockholm to present lectures, attend the award ceremony, banquet, and other events. One of their final visits will be the Nobel Prize foundation to collect their medals and diplomas. Numerous laureates have sat here, having made foundational discoveries and inspiring future generations. For many, this deeply meaningful moment is the symbolic culmination of an extraordinary journey. Full schedule of events: https://bit.ly/3UGjls3

WATCH LIVE: The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony from Oslo. Where are you watching from? Production: NRK (Norsk Rikskringkasting AS)

“Women came out from the shadows of the home to work in the market and make their families and themselves better off. They then went the distance as their employment elongated through their lifetimes to have more meaningful work and even real careers.” In her 2023 prize lecture, economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin explained the key drivers of gender differences in the labour market and discussed labour market participation through the centuries. Her research has revealed the causes of change and the main sources of the remaining gender gap. Watch her lecture here: https://bit.ly/3Rln8sq Don't miss this year's Nobel Prize lecture in economic sciences on 8 December. See a full list of streaming events as the 2024 laureates visit Stockholm and Oslo this week: https://bit.ly/3UGjls3

Bring the 2024 Nobel Prizes into the classroom! Give your students a deeper insight into this year's Nobel Prizes which include the inventions behind artificial intelligence (AI), the three-dimensional structure of proteins and the writing of South Korean author Han Kang. Discover the 2024 Nobel Prizes with our recently released Nobel Prize lesson. Find the material for teachers and students here: https://bit.ly/3XPsfo0

"Literature, most of all the novel, teaches us empathy and appeals to our empathy. How else could we understand the motivation of the central characters? Here we have a unique opportunity to get away from ourselves, to become someone else for a while and to look at the world through their eyes." In a recent interview, Olga Tokarczuk credits literature for her fascination with psychology. She worked as a psychologist before her literary career although she admits that theory interested her more than working with people. Read the full interview to discover why literature is a great therapist: https://bit.ly/4fX49z2 Olga Tokarczuk will join us for discussions on the future of health at the Nobel Week Dialogue streaming live on 9 December from Stockholm.

Can one class have two future Nobel Prize laureates? Yes, it can - scientists Richard Kuhn and Wolfgang Pauli were schoolmates for eight years. Kuhn was awarded the 1938 chemistry prize and Pauli was awarded the 1945 physics prize. Photo: A school class photo with Wolfgang Pauli (second row, far left) and Richard Kuhn (to Pauli's right) in 1918 from Gymnasium Döbling, Vienna.

Watch the prize in economic sciences lectures. See the 2024 economic sciences laureates Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson deliver their lectures. Where are you watching from?

Remembering Paul Crutzen who was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for helping us understand why the ozone layer, which protects us from harmful UV radiation, was disappearing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3o3DfL7 Picture: Ozone depletion at Antarctica. Credit: Penn State via flickr.