Physiology or medicine – Monday 4 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliest
Physics – Tuesday 5 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest
Chemistry – Wednesday 6 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest
Literature – Thursday 7 October, 13:00 CEST at the earliest
Peace – Friday 8 October, 11:00 CEST
Economic sciences – Monday 11 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest
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111 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have been awarded between 1901 and 2020.
12 women have been awarded the medicine prize so far.32 years was the age of the youngest medicine laureate ever, Frederick G. Banting, who was awarded the 1923 medicine prize for the discovery of insulin.
87 years was the age of the oldest medicine laureate ever, Peyton Rous, when he was awarded the medicine prize in 1966 for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses.More facts and figures about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
See all Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine 1901-2020 and why they were awarded the Nobel Prize.
In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel specifically designated the institutions responsible for the prizes he wished to be established.
See the full list of all Nobel Prize laureates, awarded for “the greatest benefit to humankind”.
Twelve laureates were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2020. See a short presentation of them here.
See the list of all women awarded a Nobel Prize or a prize in economic sciences so far.
Youngest Nobel Prize laureate ever is Malala Yousafzai. She was 17 years old when she was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of The Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivers a statement.
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Chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel left 31 million SEK (today about 342 million dollars) to fund the Nobel Prizes.
When Alfred was five years old his father Immanuel, an inventor and builder, moved to St. Petersburg. Alfred joined him a few years later.
Based on Alfred’s work and patents a whole new industry developed. Within ten years, 16 explosives producing factories had been founded in 14 countries.
In his will of 27 November 1895, signed in Paris, Alfred Nobel specified that the bulk of his fortune should be used for prizes.
Discover more about the Nobel Prizes with the easy-to-use Nobel Prize lessons. Watch the videos, look through the manual and slides, print the texts for students and start the class.
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The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their prize decisions as follows:
Physiology or Medicine – Monday 4 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliestAll announcements will be streamed live here.
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No person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who can? And how are these persons chosen?
In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel specifically designated the institutions responsible for the prizes he wished to be established.
Search among the names of the nominees and nominators, as well as additional information about the nominations 1901-1966.
Mohandas Gandhi has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded with one half to Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy”.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 was awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.
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The museum showcases the discoveries and creativity of the Nobel Laureates.
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The story of each Peace Laureate is told at the museum.
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Physics Laureate Antony Hewish passed away on 13 September, aged 97. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 for his pioneering research in radio astrophysics and the studies that led to detecting pulsars.
Edmond H. Fischer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992 for discoveries concerning reversible phosphorylation, opening up novel insight into basic protein regulations in cells. He passed away on 27 August.
Steven Weinberg passed away on 23 July at the age of 88. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 “for contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.”
