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.

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Nobel Prizes 2024

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.

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