This year’s laureates used tools from physics to construct methods that helped lay the foundation for today’s powerful machine learning.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 is about proteins, life’s ingenious chemical tools.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
The grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
This year’s laureates have provided new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations.
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How much do you know about the discoveries awarded the 2024 Nobel Prizes? Take our one-minute crash course on each of the prizes and find out how each have changed our world.
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1 (of 23) Nobel Prize laureates at the award ceremony in Stockholm.
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2 (of 23) Simon Johnson receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024.
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3 (of 23) The Nobel Prize award ceremony 2024.
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4 (of 23) Nobel Prize banquet table of honour
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5 (of 23) Han Kang delivering her banquet speech.
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6 (of 23) Daron Acemoglu delivering his banquet speech.
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7 (of 23) Swedish artist Laleh performing at the Nobel Prize banquet 2024.
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8 (of 23) The co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo, Mr Terumi Tanaka, Mr Shigemitsu Tanaka and Mr Toshiyuki Mimaki, with the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes.
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9 (of 23) Demis Hassabis with his Nobel Prize medal and diploma at the Nobel Foundation.
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10 (of 23) Han Kang on a school visit in Rinkeby, Stockholm.
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11 (of 23) Nobel Week Lights 2024: ‘Leading Lights’ by Les Atelier BK is a luminous tribute to the brilliance of female pioneers. Drawing inspiration from extensive scientific and historical research, the piece is a grand celebration of their groundbreaking contributions to humanity.
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12 (of 23) Han Kang visited Swedish author Astrid Lindgren’s apartment in central Stockholm.
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13 (of 23) Soprano Malin Byström, conductor Petr Popelka and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Nobel Prize Concert 2024.
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14 (of 23) Han Kang meeting people after her literature lecture at the Swedish Academy on 7 December.
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15 (of 23) John J. Hopfield delivering his Nobel Prize lecture in physics on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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16 (of 23) John Jumper delivering his Nobel Prize lecture in chemistry on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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17 (of 23) Nobel Prize lecture at Karolinska Institutet by Gary Ruvkun, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine 2024.
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18 (of 23) Like many laureates before him, physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton signed a chair at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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19 (of 23) Victor Ambros talking to a student after his Nobel Prize lecture at Karolinska Institutet.
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20 (of 23) Economic sciences laureate James A. Robinson with his signed chair at the Nobel Prize Museum on 6 December 2024.
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21 (of 23) David Baker in front of a dress inspired by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, made by Jane Elliotte Svahn and Alvaro Sanchez, and shown in the exhibition ‘Nobel Creations 2024’ at the Nobel Prize Museum.
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22 (of 23) Eight of the 2024 laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize Museum, 6 December 2024. Back row: Victor Ambros, Han Kang, David Baker and Demis Hassabis. Front row: James A. Robinson, Simon Johnson, John Jumper and Gary Ruvkun.
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23 (of 23) Chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis arriving at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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“Unfortunately, the rapid progress in AI comes with many short-term risks”
“Scientific breakthroughs do not happen in isolation”
“Thousands of us now study this worm C. elegans, a genetic discovery powerhouse”
“Ever since I was a child, I have wanted to know. The reason we are born.”
“Institutions are always about choices. What worries us also gives us hope.”
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton.
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson.
Terumi Tanaka from Nihon Hidankyo.
Watch six of the 2024 laureates talk about their research and careers in a unique roundtable discussion, Nobel Minds, moderated by BBC’s Zeinab Badawi.
Nobel Minds 2024.
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Keiko Ogura was eight when Hiroshima was bombed and was haunted for years afterwards by well-meaning actions to help survivors. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Forum “NUKES – How to counter the threat” focused on strategies to mitigate the risk of nuclear war and advance toward nuclear disarmament.
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In the 2024 Nobel Week Dialogue: The Future of Health, Nobel Prize laureates and other experts gathered to discuss and envision our future. They explored ground-breaking medical advancements, disease prevention strategies, and innovative ways to enhance our lives.
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Swedish soprano Malin Byström and conductor Petr Popelka performed together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Nobel Prize Concert in Konserthuset Stockholm on 8 December. They performed a programme of dance-inspired music by Vítezslava Kaprálová, Richard Strauss and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Soprano Malin Byström, conductor Petr Popelka and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Nobel Prize Concert 2024.
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Physicist Leon N. Cooper passed away on 23 October 2024. He was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics “for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory”.
Endocrinologist Andrew V. Schally died on 17 October 2024. He was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain”.
Tsung Dao Lee passed away on 4 August, age 97. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”
J. Robin Warren passed away on 23 July 2024. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
