They may not be able to name a winner, but if you say the words “Nobel Prize” to the person standing next to you—whether you’re in South Carolina or Switzerland—chances are high they’ll know what ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is considered a frontrunner for the Peace Prize, the winner of which will be announced on Friday Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A gold replica of the Nobel medal. [AFP] It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one ...

The University of Helsinki has educated four Nobel laureates and conferred an honorary doctorate on another one, Martti Ahtisaari. In addition, members of the University community have been awarded a ...

The Physiology and Medicine Prize was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries … that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19," according ...

FACTBOX. Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, in Physics, in Chemistry, in Literature, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced starting from October 2, 2017.

The Nobel Prize in Literature has honoured predominantly Western writers since it was first awarded in 1901, but the Swedish Academy may shine its spotlight further afield this year, experts say.

A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal, only the second such medal to be sold at auction, has fetched 1.1 million dollars in a sale to a private Asian collector, auctioneers Stack's Bowers said on Friday.

Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly ...