Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

2019 Nobel Peace Prize

The Ethiopian prime minister ended a long border conflict with Eritrea and introduced political reforms at home.

11 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Polish writer is known for novels including Flights, which won the International Booker Prize in 2018, and her historical epic The Books of Jacob.

10 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2019 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Austrian writer's work includes novels, plays and screenplays.

10 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Lithium-ion batteries power mobile phones, laptops and electric cars.

9 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

Peebles developed the theories that explain how the universe evolved after the Big Bang.

8 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The three scientists discovered how cells sense and respond to changing levels of oxygen, work that could lead to new treatments for anaemia and cancer.

7 October 2019 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Mukwege, a surgeon in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has treated thousands of victims of sexual violence.

5 October 2018 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Arnold used evolution in the laboratory to create new enzymes, and Smith and Winter developed phage display, used to make antibody drugs.

3 October 2018 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2018 Nobel Prize in Physics

Ashkin invented "optical tweezers" that use laser light to grab tiny objects such as cells, and Mourou and Strickland found a way to make extremely short, intense laser pulses, now used in eye...

2 October 2018 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Nordhaus built models showing how the economy and the climate interact, and Romer showed how ideas and innovation drive long-term growth.

1 October 2018 · Source: The Nobel Prize