Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
On 28 February 1928, the Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman discovered the Raman effect: the change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. Read Raman’s Nobel Prize lecture on his experiments on the scattering of light.
Nobel Prize award ceremony 1930. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman to the left.
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In this interview, 2021 peace laureate Dmitry Muratov pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy of placing human life at the centre of politics. Muratov also urges global support for fact-checking in an age of algorithmic propaganda, and stresses the need for coordinated international efforts to free political prisoners in Russia and beyond.
Dmitry Muratov.
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Kailash Satyarthi and the 2014 Nobel Prize laureates.
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This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place on 5–12 October. All of the prize announcements will be broadcast live on the official digital channels of the Nobel Prize. In-depth information about the prizes will be published here at nobelprize.org.
The door to the Swedish Academy.
Photo: K. Svanholm.
The first design of the Nobel Center project is here – a public building in Stockholm, Sweden for science, literature and peace. It will be an international symbol of knowledge, focusing on the Nobel Prize laureates’ stories and groundbreaking achievements. Read more about the project.
Aerial view along the waterfront.
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One-minute crash course
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Hamilton O. Smith died on 25 October 2025, aged 94. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978 “for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.”
Louis Brus died on 11 January 2026 in New York, USA, aged 82. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
James Watson died on 6 November 2025 in East Northport, New York, USA, aged 97. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 “for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.”
Chen Ning Yang passed away on 18 October 2025 in Beijing, China, aged 103. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”
