The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass".
Read more about the prizeWatch Professor Göran K. Hansson, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announce the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
"It's ironic, in order to observe the sun you have to go kilometers under ground. That's not what you would expect.” An interview with Arthur B. McDonald, awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Transcript of the interviewAn interview with Takaaki Kajita. Hear how he reacted when he got the call that he has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Transcript of the interviewSee all Nobel Laureates in Physics and why they were awarded the Nobel Prize.
All Nobel Laureates in Physics2015 PHYSICS PRIZE QUESTION
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was awarded with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
Read moreListen to an interview with William C. Campbell, one of the three new Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. He was asleep when he got the prize call.
Interview and transcriptAn interview with Satoshi Ōmura on golf, great scientists, and being awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Interview and transcriptListen to a short interview with Youyou Tu following the announcement of the 2015 Medicine Prize (Chinese and English).
Interview and transcript"Immediately the whole country was electrified"
Muhammad Yunus, Peace 2006
"Robin and I often have a beer down by the riverside"
Barry Marshall, Medicine 2005
"Did you think we murdered somebody?"
Elizabeth Blackburn, Medicine 2009
"I didn't understand the reason of all congratulations"
Hiroshi Amano, Physics 2014
"The president of the USA called me up"
Jerome Karle, Chemistry 1985
"I really felt very frightened, I didn't know how to cope"
Mairead Corrigan, Peace 1976
"It really made life virtually impossible"
Wole Soyinka, Literature 1986
"I needed a cup of coffee"
Amartya Sen, Economic Sciences 1998
Chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel left 31 million SEK (today about 265 million dollar) to fund the Nobel Prizes.
Alfred Nobel's life and workAn entirely new industry grew up, based on Alfred Nobel's patents and with Alfred as the initiator.
Alfred Nobel's dynamite companiesIn his will of 27 November 1895 signed in Paris, Alfred Nobel specified that the bulk of his fortune should be used for prizes.
Excerpt of Alfred Nobel's willSee all the Nobel Laureates and why they were awarded the Nobel Prize.
Jean-Paul Sartre and Le Duc Tho both declined the Nobel Prize.
More about the Literature Prize to Jean-Paul SartreAlfred Nobel wanted most of his fortune to be used for prizes to award those who had "conferred the greatest benefit to mankind". See who Nobelprize.org's visitors thought were worthy of a Nobel Prize.
Read the suggestionsNo person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who can? And how are these persons chosen?
Read more about how the Nobel Laureates are nominatedSearch among the names of the nominees and nominators, as well as additional information about the nominations 1901-1964.
Search in the archiveHere you can discover the individuals who have nominated others for a Nobel Prize, those who were nominated for a Nobel Prize and those who later became Nobel Laureates.
Explore the mapAlthough famed for his theories of relativity, it was his law about light that gave Albert Einstein his Nobel Prize.
More about Einstein's Nobel Prize in PhysicsMarie Curie discovered the elements radium and polonium. She is the only woman to have been awarded two prizes, one in Physics and one in Chemistry.
More facts about Marie CurieFairly unknown in Europe at the time, Bengali poet and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore attracted western readers with his aura of mysticism.
Tagore and his IndiaMartin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his struggle for civil rights and social justice. He held his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1964.
Watch the speechEach Nobel Diploma is a unique work of art, created by foremost Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers.
More about the Nobel DiplomasThe Nobel medals show the image of Alfred Nobel on the face. The image on the reverse varies according to the institution awarding the prize.
More about the Nobel MedalsThe Nobel Prize amount for 2013 was set at SEK 8.0 million per full Nobel Prize. Until 1968, in principle more than three persons could share a Nobel Prize, but this never happened in practice.
More about the Nobel Prize Amount© David Chipperfield Architects
The planning of the new Nobel Center in Stockholm, Sweden continues with the aim of creating a public meeting place with a focus on science, culture and peace. A revised proposal of the building is now unveiled.
Read more about the Nobel Center
The Nobel Foundation’s return on equity amounted to 15.8 per cent in 2014.
Press releaseYoichiro Nambu, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2008 for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics, passed away on 5 July, 94 years old.
BiographyIrwin Rose, 2004 Chemistry Laureate, died on 2 June, 88 years old. His research made it possible to understand at molecular level how the cell controls a number of central processes by breaking down certain proteins and not others.
BiographyJohn F. Nash Jr., awarded the 1994 Prize in Economic Sciences together with John C. Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten for "pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games", died on 23 May in a car crash, 86 years old.
Biography of John F. Nash Jr.Günter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, died on 13 April, aged 87. "The rat has been awarded a Nobel Prize", he said in his Nobel Lecture.
Günter Grass' Nobel Lecture: "To Be Continued ..."