Women who changed the world
Here are the women who have received the Nobel Prize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award.
Montage showing a frog on a bamboo stick, a separate frog skeleton, and a countdown clock.
Credit: Getty Images/BBC
What’s on
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Stockholm, Nobel Prize Museum
Project Nobel Center
The exhibition focuses on an ongoing project: creating a home for the unique legacy of Alfred Nobel. -
Oslo, Nobel Peace Center
War is Peace?
This exhibition challenges us to confront uncomfortable truths. -
Oslo, Nobel Peace Center
Democracy on the Brink
The fight for democracy in Venezuela has become a symbol of a broader global challenge.
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Kailash Satyarthi and the 2014 Nobel Prize laureates.
© Nobel Media, Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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.
View from the water along the quay. The Nobel Center consists of four interconnected volumes that relate to the buildings of Södermalm and the size and height of the buildings in Gamla stan, on the other side of the water. The choice to use a wooden frame and reclaimed bricks reduces the impact on the environment. Bricks have characterised the architecture of Stockholm for centuries. The red shade is found in Stockholm’s classic brick buildings, such as City Hall.
© Onirism/Nobel Prize Outreach
One-minute crash course
How much do you know about the achievements awarded the 2025 Nobel Prizes? Take our one-minute crash course on each of the 2025 Nobel Prizes and laureates.
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Learn about conditioned reflexes in this interactive game.
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This fast-paced game relies on a keen knowledge of food containing vitamin B1.
In memoriam
Anthony Leggett passed away on 8 March 2026, aged 87. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2003 “for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.”
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.”
