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The Svedberg

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Press programme for Nobel Week 2026

Press programme Stockholm This is the press programme for Nobel Week in Stockholm 2026. The press programme for Oslo can be found here. You will need to apply for accreditation for some of the ...
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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026

Explore the Nobel Prize lesson about the 2026 economic sciences prize. The lesson is an educational resource, developed to make it easy for teachers to introduce their students to the prize-awarded ...
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and ...
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Nobel Peace Prize 2026

Explore the Nobel Prize lesson about the 2026 peace prize. The lesson is an educational resource, developed to make it easy for teachers to introduce their students to the prize-awarded achievements ...
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Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and ...
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This year’s artworks in Nobel Week Lights

The Nobel Week is for the sixth year in a row celebrated with the light art festival Nobel Week Lights, where light art inspired by the Nobel Prize lights up a dark Stockholm in the middle of winter.
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EMMANUELLE CHARPENTIER

Born in the quiet town Juvisy-sur-Orge near Paris in 1968, Emmanuelle Charpentier’s parents encouraged her to explore her interests of science and mathematics. Already a serious student at primary ...
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The 2026 medicine prize – Groundbreaking brain research

The 2026 medicine prize is about a method called optogenetics, which is used to explore how the brain works. This method allows scientists to switch on, or off, the activity of nerve cells in the ...
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Geoffrey Hinton

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and ...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and ...