Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 8 October 2024.

Interview about the awarded work

“They have both been true pioneers: finding new ways to tackle problems”

Immediately after the announcement, Professor Anders Irbäck, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, was interviewed by journalist Lisa Kirsebom regarding the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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