Nobel Prize Conversations “Intuition is hard to teach and hard to explain” Is it possible to ‘see’ quantum mechanics in action? In a podcast conversation, physics laureate Moungi Bawendi speaks about the incredible gratification of visualising quantum mechanics and how his collaboration with co-laureate Louis Brus started. He also shares his love of music and…

Nobel Prize Conversations “You recognise opportunity and then you have to take advantage of it. Seize the opportunity basically. It takes some struggle.” Some words of wisdom from chemistry laureate Louis Brus. In a conversation with podcast host Adam Smith, Brus speaks about the process of discovery and his own scientific path. This conversation was published on…

Early Life Iwas born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1943. My earliest memory is my father Victor John Brus coming home from World War II in 1946. He was an officer in charge of communications on a large US Navy troop transport and assault ship in the western Pacific and was returning home after an absence…

Interview with the 2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman, 6 December 2011. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editorial Director of Nobel Media. Daniel Shechtman, welcome to Stockholm. Dan Shechtman: Thank you. You are here to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for your discovery of quasicrystals. It seems to me that there is a…

Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. The host for this podcast is Adam Smith. Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2023 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2022 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2021 laureates Nobel Prize…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Moungi Bawendi on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Moungi Bawendi: I was born in Paris and my father was a mathematician – became a professor in mathematics. My mother was a high school…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Louis Brus on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. When did you first become interested in science? Louis Brus: I was a small boy in the 1950s in the United States, and at that time, there was a strong effort to encourage…

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Iwas born on February 19, 1964 in Washington, D.C., the oldest of three sisters. My father Martin K. Doudna was a speechwriter for the Department of Defense at the time and my mother Dorothy taught in community college. My family, including my siblings Ellen and Sarah, moved to Ann Arbor where my father pursued a…

Watch a video clip of the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, Aleksey Yekimov, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2023.