The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to

Nihon Hidankyo

“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”

The Nobel Peace Prize 2024

A powerful international norm stigmatising nuclear weapons

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. The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha have contributed greatly to the establishment of a nuclear taboo.

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Nihon Hidankyo

The fates of those who survived the infernos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were long concealed and neglected. In 1956, local Hibakusha associations along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific formed the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations. This name was shortened in Japanese to Nihon Hidankyo. It would become the largest and most influential Hibakusha organisation in Japan.

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First reactions

“The dream came true!”

The prize came as a big surprise, says Masako Wada, a representative from the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, which works to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. In this interview shortly after learning about the Nobel Peace Prize 2024, she shares her deep concerns on the world’s backlash on nuclear disarmament, not least after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Rather than anger, I feel sorrow and fear how deep humans will fall into darkness.”

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Nobel Peace Prize 2024

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to …”

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced the Nobel Peace Prize 2024.

“The nuclear taboo is under pressure”

Watch the interview with Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on the decision of awarding the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo.

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony 2021.

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How does the nomination process work? Who can nominate? Is there a list of all of the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? Find the answers here.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024

Han Kang

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.”

In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.

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Interview – First reactions

”I’m so surprised and honoured”

Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news. In this interview, she reflects on being the first South Korean literature laureate and talks about how writers as a collective have influenced her: “All their efforts and strengths have been my inspiration.”
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Han Kang.

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”The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 is awarded to …”

Watch Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, announce the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 to Han Kang. The announcement is followed by an interview with Anna-Karin Palm, co-opted member of the Swedish Academy.
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What to read?

Curious about 2024 literature laureate Han Kang but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations.
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Books by Han Kang.

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

They cracked the code for proteins' amazing structures

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 is about proteins, life’s ingenious chemical tools. David Baker has succeeded with the almost impossible feat of building entirely new kinds of proteins. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have developed an AI model to solve a 50-year-old problem: predicting proteins’ complex structures. These discoveries hold enormous potential.

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“It's the big one!”

Listen to 2024 chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis, moments after finding out about the prize. He talks about the interplay between AI and individual scientists.

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“It's absolutely extraordinary”

2024 chemistry laureate John Jumper talks about being the youngest chemistry laureate in over 70 years, and about AI’s role in science.

John Jumper.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

They used physics to find patterns in information

This year’s laureates used tools from physics to construct methods that helped lay the foundation for today’s powerful machine learning. John Hopfield created a structure that can store and reconstruct information. Geoffrey Hinton invented a method that can independently discover properties in data and which has become important for the large artificial neural networks now in use.

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“for foundational discoveries and inventions …”

Watch the announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, followed by an interview with Professor Anders Irbäck.
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Professor Anders Irbäck interviewed at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Interview – First reactions

“It was just astounding!”

Shortly after the prize announcement, 2024 physics laureate John Hopfield talks about how he found out about the prize when he was going through his e-mails. “It didn’t sink in until I got to the fourth e-mail!” Hopfield reflects on how to tackle big questions, such as how the mind works.

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”I was extremely surprised”

Moments after finding out about the prize, 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton talks about the state of machine learning, the pressing need for safety research, and his hopes that the award might make people take the fears he voices more seriously.

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

Tiny RNAs with profound physiological importance

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking discovery in the small worm C. elegans revealed a completely new principle of gene regulation. This turned out to be essential for multicellular organisms, including humans. MicroRNAs are proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.

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“for the discovery of …”

Watch the announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, followed by an interview with Professor Olle Kämpe, member of the Nobel Committee.
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”A celebration of the way of doing science”

Victor Ambros speaks about the joy of basic research and the ever-expanding fascination of RNA. Recorded just after Ambros found out about the prize, we also discover how the news was broken to the new laureate by his son.

Victor Ambros

Victor Ambros.

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“It's going to be a fun ride!”

Minutes after hearing the news, Gary Ruvkun talked about the pleasure of finding things out, the electrifying growth of the microRNA field over the years, and the benefits of taking time out.
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Gary Ruvkun.

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