Last week, the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prizes were announced. We take a closer look at the winners of the Physiology and Chemistry Awards, whose breakthroughs change the way we study sleep, and ...

Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

When leading meetings, Fred Ramsdell set a ground rule: Anyone who pulled out their phone to glance at it must pay $10.

These breakthroughs remind us that science is, as Astrid Söderbergh Widding, chair of the Nobel Foundation, stated in her ...

Nobel Prizes are symbols of human achievement and of the relentless efforts put in by people throughout their lives.These ...

Jan. 21, 1912: Birthday of Konrad Bloch, who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how ...

MicroRNAs, whose discovery was recognized with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, are central regulators of gene ...

In an unexpected move, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President ...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won last year's prize for 'her tireless work promoting democratic rights ...

The prizes are traditionally highly coveted and prestigious, cherished by recipients, carrying global fame and a hefty financial reward for winners.

Although Machado's gesture marks a rare instance of a living laureate parting with their medal shortly after receiving it, it ...

While it can be gifted, refused or displayed, the Nobel Peace Prize itself — once awarded — belongs to its original recipient ...