New Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate

The work of Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation,” the committee said.

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate

The work of Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation,” the committee said.

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate

The work of Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation,” the committee said.

Did Death Cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?

A recent study of black holes confirmed a fundamental prediction that the theoretical physicist made nearly five decades ago. But the ultimate award is beyond his reach.

Nobel Prize Awarded for Research About Temperature and Touch

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were honored for their discoveries about how heat, cold and touch can initiate signals in the nervous system.

2021 Nobel Prize Winners: Full List

Here are the year’s laureates in the sciences, literature, peace and economics.

Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere

The Nobel laureate, whose new novel, “Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,” is his first in nearly 50 years, refuses to back down when he senses that his homeland’s freedom is under threat.

Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97

He received a Nobel Prize for his finding. Some criticized the prize because it was a graduate student in his lab who had first detected the signals.

Opinion | What Game Theory Says About China’s Strategy

The classic “salami slicing” tactic is to move against a foe in small increments, staying below the threshold that will provoke a response.

Joseph Brodsky Slept Here. The Great Poet’s Cranky Neighbor Couldn’t Care Less.

After a decades-long standoff with the last resident of a communal apartment, a private museum has finally opened in Brodsky’s shared home in St. Petersburg, a rare grass-roots victory in Russia.

Edmond H. Fischer, 101, Who Helped Discover How Cells Talk, Dies

He and a colleague identified a mechanism by which cells communicate, a Nobel-winning breakthrough that paved the way for disease-fighting drugs.

Toshihide Maskawa, 81, Dies; Nobelist Helped Unlock a Cosmic Mystery

Why did the universe not destroy itself in the Big Bang, in a collision of matter and antimatter? A eureka moment in the bathtub led to an answer.

Opinion | She Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It.

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. But as a young woman in science, her role was overlooked.

Steven Weinberg, Groundbreaking Nobelist in Physics, Dies at 88

His discoveries deepened understanding of the basic forces at play in the universe, and he took general readers back to its dawn in his book “The First Three Minutes.”

Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 85

His work in creating a method to build complex organic molecules applied to everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing to electronics.

Richard R. Ernst, Nobelist Who Paved Way for M.R.I., Dies at 87

His development of advanced analytical techniques formed the basis for M.R.I. technology used in hospitals and helped chemists determine the structure of complex molecules.

You Can Buy a Piece of a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery

Berkeley will auction NFTs of invention disclosure forms filed by the creators of CRISPR and cancer immunotherapy.