Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

Their experiments with pairs of linked particles proved that quantum mechanics really does work in ways Einstein found strange, and laid the foundations for quantum technology.

4 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Pääbo sequenced the genome of the Neanderthals and discovered a previously unknown human relative, the Denisovans, showing that they interbred with our ancestors.

3 October 2022 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The three economists showed how to draw conclusions about cause and effect from real-world events, known as natural experiments.

11 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Ressa, from the Philippines, and Muratov, from Russia, are journalists who have defended freedom of the press in difficult conditions.

8 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Tanzanian-born writer came to Britain as a refugee in the 1960s and is emeritus professor at the University of Kent.

7 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The two chemists developed a new way of building molecules using small organic catalysts, which is cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

6 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

Manabe and Hasselmann developed models of the Earth's climate that showed how rising carbon dioxide leads to warming.

5 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The two Americans discovered how nerves detect heat, cold and touch, including through the chemical in chilli peppers that makes them hot.

4 October 2021 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Milgrom and Wilson designed new types of auction used to sell radio frequencies and other goods that are hard to value.

12 October 2020 · Source: The Nobel Prize

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2020 Nobel Peace Prize

The United Nations World Food Programme provides food to millions of people each year.

9 October 2020 · Source: The Nobel Prize