Francis Halzen‘s vision and scientific leadership have been fundamental for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory – a cubic kilometre of ice that is equipped with light sensors.
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For a long time, chemists wondered how homochirality can emerge. Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai found a solution to this puzzle.
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel made discoveries leading to optogenetics, which makes it possible to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain.
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The literature prize was awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Navi Pillay has been at the forefront in the development of an international legal order. She has held states and national leaders accountable and brought hope to victims of violence and conflict.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Robert E. Hall’s and Michael Woodford’s research has generated a paradigm shift in stabilisation policy.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Igor Levit, one of today’s leading pianists, will perform at this year’s Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm, together with vocal soloist Fleur Barron and conductor Sir Antonio Pappano. The audience will enjoy music by Hannah Kendall, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
Igor Levit.
© Mathias Bothor
Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR photographed in the Li Ka Shing Center on the Campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
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The first design of the Nobel Center project is here – a public building in Stockholm, Sweden for science, literature and peace. It will be an international symbol of knowledge, focusing on the Nobel Prize laureates’ stories and groundbreaking achievements. Read more about the project.
View from the water along the quay. The Nobel Center consists of four interconnected volumes that relate to the buildings of Södermalm and the size and height of the buildings in Gamla stan, on the other side of the water. The choice to use a wooden frame and reclaimed bricks reduces the impact on the environment. Bricks have characterised the architecture of Stockholm for centuries. The red shade is found in Stockholm’s classic brick buildings, such as City Hall.
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Claude Cohen-Tannoudji passed away on 22 October 2026, aged 93. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 “for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.”
Ada Yonath died on 31 August 2026, aged 87. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.”
Hideki Shirakawa passed away on 24 August 2026 in Yokohama, Japan, aged 90. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 “for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.”
Rudolph Marcus passed away on 16 July 2026, aged 102. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992 “for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems.”