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.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
The inventions behind AI
How can computers mimic functions such as memory and learning?
The inventions behind the 2024 physics prize have formed the basis of what we call artificial intelligence.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Proteins and their structures
How can AI help build proteins?
Using computing and AI, researchers have helped to solve the mystery of protein structures.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
What does microRNA do?
Have you heard of microRNA?
This tiny molecule plays a crucial role in protein production in our cells.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
The works of Han Kang
Do you know the South Korean author Han Kang?
Her works confront historical traumas, unspoken rules and portray human vulnerability.
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
The fight against nuclear weapons
In 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs over the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Survivors now work to make sure nobody else will suffer the same way again.
The 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Rich and poor countries
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
The research awarded the 2024 economic sciences prize gives us an idea why.