Video Podcast About Us Home Nobel Prizes and Laureates Nomination Ceremonies Alfred Nobel Educational Events 2016 Physics Laureates Revealed the Secrets of Exotic Matter This year's Physics Laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter exists in strange states. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 is awarded with one half to David J. Thouless, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter". Read more Announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics https://t.co/rw8kNctASv — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 4, 2016 Announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics Watch Professor Göran K. Hansson, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announce the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics to David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz. More videos: Professor Thors Hans Hansson explains the Nobel Prize awarded work "... a little bit odd getting this news in an underground carpark outside Helsinki" J. Michael Kosterlitz in an interview following the announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. Interview with J. Michael Kosterlitz Photo: Princeton University, Comms. Office, D. Applewhite "It's very difficult to know whether something is useful or not, but one can know that it's exciting" Read or listen to an interview with F. Duncan M. Haldane following the announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. Interview with F. Duncan M. Haldane 2016 PHYSICS PRIZE QUESTION Have you ever heard of topological materials? Yes No Announcements Coming Up Chemistry: Wednesday 5 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest Peace: Friday 7 October, 11:00 a.m. Economic Sciences: Monday 10 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest Literature: The date will be set later Times listed are local time in Sweden. Information for the press 2016 Medicine Prize 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy". More about the 2016 Medicine Prize Yoshinori Ohsumi. Photo: Mari Honda "Still we have so many questions" Read or listen to an interview with Yoshinori Ohsumi following the announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Interview with Yoshinori Ohsumi 2016 MEDICINE PRIZE QUESTION Autophagy is one of life's fundamental processes. Had you ever heard of it before? Yes No The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 211 awarded Nobel Laureates 12 awarded women so far Average age of a Medicine Laureate: 58 More facts about the Medicine Prize On Being Awarded the Nobel Prize "And I said: 'What award?'" Peter Higgs, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2013 "Robin and I often have a beer down by the riverside" Barry Marshall, Medicine 2005 More memories "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 needed a cup of coffee" Amartya Sen, Economic Sciences 1998 "Immediately the whole country was electrified" Muhammad Yunus, Peace 2006 "I really felt very frightened, I didn't know how to cope" Mairead Corrigan, Peace 1976 Nobel Laureates Facts All Nobel Prizes and Laureates See the list of all Nobel Laureates and why they were awarded their prizes. All Nobel Prizes The Youngest Laureate The youngest Nobel Laureate ever is 17-year old Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. List of all Nobel Laureates by age Nobel Prize Awarded Organizations The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 26 times to organizations. See the list of awarded organizations Last Year's Laureates 10 persons were awarded in 2015, two women, eight men; and one organization. See all 2015 Nobel Laureates and why they were awarded Nobel Prize Nominations Who Deserves a Nobel Prize? Alfred 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 suggestions Who Can Nominate for A Nobel Prize? No 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 nominated Explore the Nomination Archive Search among the names of the nominees and nominators, as well as additional information about the nominations 1901-1964. Search in the archive Who Nominated Whom? Here you can search for a nominee or a nominator, and see how the nominations were made across countries. Explore the nomination map They Changed the World Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for peace and human rights – achievements of women around the world awarded the Nobel Prize. See all awarded women Explore the Nobel Prize Talks Podcast Get to know the individuals that have been awarded the Nobel Prize a little bit better. Find your favourite among the episodes! See all episodes The Nobel Foundation Annual Report 2015 The Nobel Foundation’s capital has grown by one billion Swedish kronor since 2011. Read more Information for the Press Nobel Prize Series launches in India for long-term program 2016-09-05 The Nobel Foundation’s capital has grown by one billion Swedish kronor since 2011 2016-04-29 Press room Alfred Nobel - Established the Nobel Prizes Scientist and Inventor 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 work Alfred Nobel's Early Years When Alfred was five years old his father Immanuel, inventor and builder, moved to St. Petersburg. Alfred joined him a few years later. Early years in St. Petersburg A Controversial Will In 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 will Alfred Nobel Quiz How much do you know about the founder of the Nobel Prize, Alfred Nobel? Try the quiz Jonas Kaufmann. Photo © Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music. Jonas Kaufmann Soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert 2016 Jonas Kaufmann, "the most important versatile tenor of his generation", will perform at the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 December 2016. Gianandrea Noseda, newly appointed music director at the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, USA, will lead the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. More about the 2016 Nobel Prize Concert © David Chipperfield Architects A New Home for the Nobel Prize Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, on a wonderful site along Stockholm's central waterfront. Through its broad public activities, the Nobel Center will invite people into the Nobel Prize’s unique world of natural sciences, humanities and peace efforts and become a meeting place that inspires curiosity and creativity. Read more about the Nobel Center Educational Games Save the Dog Help your dog to cope with diabetes. Play the Diabetic Dog Game Bloodtyping Learn about human blood types and blood transfusions! Play the Blood Typing Game A Drooling Game Train a dog to drool on command! It's all about conditioned learning. Play the Pavlov's Dog Game All about Laser Collect a star and answer its laser question correctly. Play the Laser Challenge Game In Memoriam Shimon Peres 1923-2016 Shimon Peres passed away on 28 September at age 93. He was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East". Biography of Shimon Peres 1994 Nobel Peace Prize James W. Cronin Passes Away James W. Cronin passed away on 25 August, 84 years old. He was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that the matter-antimatter symmetry is violated when the neutral K-meson decays. Video interview with James Cronin 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics Chemistry Laureate Roger Tsien Dies, Age 64 Roger Tsien shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". He passed away on 24 August. Biography More about the 2008 Chemistry Prize Reinhard Selten Passes Away Reinhard Selten shared the 1994 Prize in Economic Sciences and was awarded for pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games. Reinhard Selten died on 23 August, at age 85. 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