The Prize in Economic Sciences 2015 The consumption of goods and services is a fundamental part of people’s welfare. The Laureate, Angus Deaton, has deepened our understanding of different aspects of consumption. His research concerns issues of immense importance for human welfare, not least in poor countries. Deaton’s research has greatly influenced both practical policymaking…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 Jean Tirole is one of the most influential economists of our time. He has made important theoretical research contributions in a number of areas, but most of all he has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with a few powerful firms. Tirole is awarded this year’s prize for…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 is awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their development of molecular machines that are a thousand times thinner than a hair strand. This is the story of how they succeeded in linking molecules together to design…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 From one cell to another, from one generation to the next. The genetic information that governs how human beings are shaped has flowed through our bodies for hundreds of thousands of years. It is constantly subjected to assaults from the environment, yet it remains surprisingly intact. Tomas Lindahl, Paul…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 for having bypassed a presumed scientific limitation stipulating that an optical microscope can never yield a resolution better than 0.2 micrometres. Using the fluorescence of molecules, scientists can now monitor the interplay…

Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 6 oktober 2004 En mänsklig cell innehåller hundratusentals olika proteiner. Dessa har en rad olika och viktiga funktioner: som påskyndare av kemiska reaktioner i form av enzymer, som signalsubstanser i form av hormoner, som viktiga aktörer i immunförsvaret i form av antikroppar och genom att stå för form och struktur i cellen.…

English The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 We are used to the great impact scientific discoveries have on our ways of thinking. This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is no exception. What we have been taught about plastic is that it is a good insulator – otherwise we should not use it as insulation in…

Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 10 oktober 2000 Vi har fått vänja oss vid att stora vetenskapliga upptäckter förändrar vårt sätt att tänka. Årets Nobelpris i kemi är inget undantag. Det vi lärt oss om plast är att det är en god isolator – ja, varför skulle den annars användas som isolering i elsladdar? Men nu är…

English Information for the Public Traditionally, economic theory has relied on the assumption of a “homo œconomicus”, whose behavior is governed by self-interest and who is capable of rational decision-making. Economics has also been regarded as a non-experimental science, where researchers – as in astronomy or meteorology – have had to rely exclusively on field…

Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information Nationalekonomisk teori har traditionellt byggt på antagandet om en “homo œconomicus” vars handlande styrs av egenintresse och rationalitet. Ekonomi har också setts som en icke-experimentell vetenskap, där forskare – liksom inom astronomi och meteorologi – varit begränsade till data “från fältet”, dvs. direkta observationer av verkligheten. Bilden har dock förändrats under de…