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Interview transcript [Merci Olsson] Hello, is this President Barroso? [President Barroso] Yes, it is me. [MO] My name is Merci Olsson. I’m calling from Nobelprize.org, the official web site for the Nobel Prize. Congratulations ([PB] Thank you) to the European Union for being awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. [PB] Yes. [MO]…

Interview transcript [Allegra Grevelius] Hello, is that Alvin Roth? [Alvin Roth] It is. [AG] My name is Allegra Grevelius and I’m calling from Nobelprize.org, the Nobel Prize website. [AR] Uh, huh. [AG] I’m sorry to bother you so early in the morning. [AR] We are already…

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ORIGINSAccording to an article in The Times of Israel (issue of Dec. 9, 2012) by Mark Schulte, Dr. (co-recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) and I share two attributes with thirty-three other Nobel Laureates. We are Jewish and we were educated in New York City public high schools. This article further highlights…

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Interview transcript [Serge Haroche] Hello? [Adam Smith] Oh hello, Professor Haroche? [SH] Yes? [AS] Ah, hello, this is Adam Smith from Nobelprize.org, in Stockholm. [SH] Yes? [AS] We have this tradition of interviewing new Laureates for just a very few minutes, so may…

Interview transcript [Adam Smith] Oh hello, I’m sorry to call so very early, may I speak to Professor David Wineland please? [David Wineland] Yes, this is he. [AS] Oh good morning, my name is Adam Smith, from the Nobel Prize website in Stockholm.…

Interview, September 2017 Shinya Yamanaka. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud “I can see any failure as a chance” Shinya Yamanaka is a runner, a father and the man who first created stem cells from normal body cells. A pioneer of biomedical research, he describes how he was determined to find success in the face…