“One day I was playing with the spectrometer and boy, did I get the full 15 kilovolts!” We spoke to Reinhard Genzel on 9 March 2021. He told us about his childhood interest in science and sports as well as which Nobel Laureate had the biggest impact on his life. Could you tell us a…

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Roger Penrose, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in London, United Kingdom, on 8 December 2020.

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Reinhard Genzel, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation at the Bavarian State Chancellery (Bayerische Staatskanzlei) in Munich, Germany, on 8 December 2020.

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Andrea Ghez, receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation in Los Angeles, USA, on 9 December 2020.

A rthur Ashkin’s father, Isadore Ashkenazi, was born in Tsarist Russia in 1891. Isadore was brought up with his older brother, Harry, both shown in Figure 1, in an orphan asylum and never told of the circumstances of how they ended up there. As it turned out, his brother made the mistake of not leaving…

Life Donna Theo Strickland was born on May 27, 1959, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She studied engineering physics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and optics at the University of Rochester in the United States. She earned her doctorate in optics in 1989. Her PhD supervisor was Gérard Mourou, future Nobel Laureate. She worked at…

‘Yesterday i had the honour of drinking coffee with Madam ’. Those were the words of my father, who was an engineer in charge of the electricity network of The Three Valleys in Savoy. He went on to say that she was a very important personality who had received the Nobel Prize. I was about…

The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, on 10 December every year – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded to the Nobel Laureates. This year, the award ceremony…

Professor Ulf Danielsson delivering the presentation speech for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp English Presentation Speech by Professor Ulf Danielsson, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, 10 December 2020 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Ulf Danielsson, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för fysik, 10 december 2020 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, ärade Nobelpristagare, mina damer och herrar, Årets pristagare har gjort banbrytande upptäckter rörande fysikens allra mest mytomspunna och besynnerliga objekt: de svarta hålen. Svarta hål är kroppar med en tyngdkraft så stark att…