Nobel Prize money comes from Nobel, who wanted his wealth to be invested into a fund for the prizes. The interest on that money is used for the prizes today. Last year’s prize money was worth 11 ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for their work on quantum dots. Read our story here. Nobel Prize season approaches again ...

The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny pieces of genetic material that alter how genes work ...

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is ...

FILE - South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Nobel prizes are presented to the laureates on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. The peace prize is handed out by the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee in Oslo, ...

The prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on Dec. 10. The money comes from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred ...

The Nobel Prize committee first called Karikó, a Penn Medicine researcher who has worked with Weissman on RNA since 1997. He said she relayed the message to Weissman, but they both thought it was ...

Opinion Trump is Nobel Prize shopping. Here’s what it will take to win one. Regardless of the president-elect’s motives for seeking the award, we should hope he succeeds.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry includes famous winners such as Marie Curie and Otto Hahn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. $3 ...

The Nobel Peace Prize has been suspended 19 times before, including during both world wars. Henrik Urdal, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, says withdrawal would be a mistake in 2024.

The Nobel Prize in physics comes with an 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) cash award. The laureates will receive their awards on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.