http://nobelprize.org Welcome to this RSS feed from Nobelprize.org, the official web site of the Nobel Foundation. This feed will automatically alert you as soon as each of this year’s Nobel Prizes are announced in October, as well as update you when articles, interviews, photos, video clips, Nobel Lectures and a whole lot more appear on our web site following the Nobel Prize announcements. en-us Nobelprize.org http://nobelprize.org/images/rss/logo.gif http://nobelprize.org merci.olsson@nobel.se technical@nobelprize.org Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:40:31 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/nbl8b1 http://nobelprize.org/nbl8b1 ?rand=208 Have you ever wanted to put your question directly to a Nobel Laureate? Now is your chance! NASA's John Mather, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for measuring the echoes of the Big Bang, will answer a selection of your video questions on the NobelPrize YouTube channel. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:23 GMT General http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobelprize.org http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobelprize.org?rand=207 The Nobelprize.org RSS feed will now include general updates about new content, projects and educational resources throughout the year. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:20 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=205 Our handy 'Speed read' sums up this year's award in a nutshell. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:56 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1189 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1189?rand=204 Williamson explains his interdisciplinary research on the boundaries and transactions of firms and he recalls who influenced him as a student. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:24:04 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=203 Watch the official announcement of this year's Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel here. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:58:27 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/economics/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/economics/shortfacts.html?rand=202 What do you know about the Prize in Economic Sciences? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Prize from 1901-2008. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:57:34 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=201 Do you have a question for Elinor Ostrom or Oliver E. Williamson? Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:46:21 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/ostrom-interview.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/ostrom-interview.html?rand=200 As the first woman to receive The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Elinor Ostrom notes the changing gender ratio in her field and the effectiveness of certain instances of common ownership and resource governance, including Maine's lobster fishery and farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:02:07 GMT Economics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/index.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/index.html?rand=199 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009 has been awarded jointly to Elinor Ostrom "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" and Oliver E. Williamson, "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:20:10 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/shortfacts.html?rand=198 What do you know about the Nobel Peace Prize? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Prize from 1901-2008. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:17:30 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=197 Do you have a question for President Barack Obama? Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:13:16 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=196 The literature 'Speed Read' provides a short summary of Herta Müller's life and literary achievements. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:06:33 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=195 Our handy 'Speed Read' sums up this year's Peace Prize award in a nutshell. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:22:46 GMT Peace http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=194 Following the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told senior editor Simon Frantz why President Barack Obama's creation of a new climate in international politics closely fulfils the statues of Alfred Nobel's will. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:53:11 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=193 Watch the official announcement of this year's Nobel Peace Prize here. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:02:35 GMT Peace http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/?rand=192 The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to President Barack Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:46:17 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/shortfacts.html?rand=191 Do you know the number of women who have received the Nobel Prize in Literature? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1901-2008. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:41:56 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=190 Do you have a question for Herta Müller? Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:37:07 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=189 Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, explains why Herta Müller's uniqueness comes from the double experience of being part of a minority language while being under an oppressed society. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:33:21 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=188 Watch the official announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature here. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:00:48 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/?rand=187 The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed". Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:27:27 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/literature/shortfacts.html?rand=186 Do you know the number of women who have received the Nobel Prize in Literature? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1901-2008. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:13:17 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=185 Our handy 'Speed read' sums up this year's award in a nutshell. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:30:12 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1184 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1184?rand=184 Referring to his research, Steitz compares the feeling of deciphering ribosomes' structural information to summiting Mt. Everest and he claims that the most profound effect this research will have for the general public is the ability to design new antibiotics. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:10:34 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1183 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1183?rand=183 Originally a physicist, Ramakrishnan recalls what compelled him to switch to biology, mentioning, among other things, the exciting articles published in Scientific American. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:55:51 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=182 Curious about ribosome research? Now here's your chance to ask the 2009 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry. Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:55:10 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=181 Professor Gunnar von Heijne explains how the achievements awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry not only provided insights into life at the atomic level, but also provided insights into how to save lives. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:41:31 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1185 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1185?rand=180 As the fourth woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Yonath claims that the bears of the North pole as her source of inspiration for her ribosome research. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:52:51 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/shortfacts.html?rand=179 Do you know how many women have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry from 1901-2008. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:50:22 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=178 Watch the official announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry here. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:45:37 GMT Chemistry http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/index.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/index.html?rand=177 The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:53:28 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=176 Our handy 'Speed read' sums up this year's award in a nutshell. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:51:42 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1167 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1167?rand=175 Professor Joseph Nordgren explains how the achievements for which the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded have revolutionized the way in which information can be transmitted globally. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:13 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/smith-interview.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/smith-interview.html?rand=174 Smith is pleasantly surprised to hear the news about the Nobel Prize in Physics, based on his work in the late 1960s, and he recalls his experience at Bell Labs and how he and Boyle thought of CCD together one afternoon. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:39:19 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/shortfacts.html?rand=173 Do you know the number of Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates in Physics? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Nobel Prize in Physics from 1901-2008. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:25:03 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=172 See the official announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics here. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:06:34 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=171 Have you ever wanted to pose a question to a Nobel Laureate? Now here's your chance! Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:45:00 GMT Physics http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/?rand=170 The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded with one half to Charles K. Kao "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor". Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:11:11 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1164 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1164?rand=169 Professor Rune Toftgård explains how the story behind the discovery of telomeres and telomerase involved several chapters, and how the key discoveries came from unlikely sources. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:06:35 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/speedread.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/speedread.html?rand=168 Our handy 'Speed read' sums up this year's award in a nutshell. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:44:58 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/announcement.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/announcement.html?rand=167 See the official announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:08:35 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1181 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1181?rand=166 Awoken in the middle of the night with the call from the Nobel Committee, Szostak recalls the exciting moment when he discovered that telomeres worked in yeast, his attraction to different fields that do not receive a lot of attention and his affection for basic research. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:16:41 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/shortfacts.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/shortfacts.html?rand=165 Do you know who is the youngest or the oldest Medicine Laureate? Discover interesting facts and background information about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from 1901-2008. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:44:52 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1180 http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1180?rand=164 Interviewed in the middle of the night in California, Blackburn comments on the fascinating machinery of telomeres, the meeting of minds in science and her unconventional DNA sequencing methods. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:47:32 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/greider-interview.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/greider-interview.html?rand=163 Though Greider was doing laundry when she received the call about the Nobel Prize, she took the time to describe both her curiosity regarding the topic of telomerase and the origins of her research, dating back to Christmas day 1984. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:43:01 GMT Physiology or Medicine http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=prog/php/ask_a_laureate/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=prog/php/ask_a_laureate/?rand=162 Have you ever wanted to pose a question to a Nobel Laureate? Now here's your chance! Submit your question to one or more of the 2009 Nobel Laureates and a selection of the most interesting questions will be answered by the Laureates on camera in a series of programmes due to run on BBC World News this fall including the discussion programme "Nobel Minds". Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:30:00 GMT http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/ http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/?rand=161 The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase". Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:18:58 GMT x http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prize_announcements/medicine/live.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prize_announcements/medicine/live.html?rand=160 Reminder: Follow the live web cast of the Announcement for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Oct. 5, 11:30 CET. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:15:31 GMT Literature http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prize_announcements/literature/live.html http://nobelprize.org/redirect/rss.php?url=/prize_announcements/literature/live.html?rand=159 The Swedish Academy will announce this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature at 1 p.m. CET on Thursday, October 8. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:40:40 GMT General http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nobelprize_facts.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nobelprize_facts.html?rand=158 How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded? Who is the youngest ever Nobel Laureate? How many women have received the Nobel Prize? Find out the facts and figures about Nobel Laureates here.