Nobel prize

Nobel Prize hall to become COVID-19 vaccination venue

Nobel Prize hall to become COVID-19 vaccination venue

Stockholm's Blue Hall, where leading scientists, politicians and royalty gather for the glittering Nobel Prize banquet, will be used to vaccinate the Swedish capital's citizens against COVID-19, a city commissioner said on Wednesday. …

Nobel winners to get $110,000 raise as prize money increased

Nobel winners to get $110,000 raise as prize money increased

Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000), the head of the foundation which oversees the awards said. "The decision has been made due to the fact that our costs and …

Nobel Prize banquet cancelled over coronavirus

Nobel Prize banquet cancelled over coronavirus

The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prizes, cancelled its traditional December banquet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though the award ceremonies will still be held in "new forms". "The Nobel week will not …

Turkish urges to revoke of Nobel Prize for Handke

Turkish urges to revoke of Nobel Prize for Handke

Turkey’s presidential spokesman on Dec. 7 called on the Swedish Academy to revert its decision to award Peter Handke with the Nobel Prize for Literature, dubbing it a “shameless decision”, Hurriyet Daily News …

Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature

Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was named the winner of the Nobel prize for literature in Stockholm today “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. …

Aziz Sancar wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Aziz Sancar wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The 2015 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA to US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar, American Paul Modric and Sweden's Tomas Lindahl. Their discovery is essential in study of DNA …