The annual Nobel Prizes must “stand up” for scientific learning and free inquiry in an age when both are under growing threat, the new head of the foundation that oversees the honours has warned.

Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what ...

Several figures reportedly nominated Donald Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Rep. Darrell Issa’s nomination may have missed the deadline, while Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Merezhko also ...

Google announced it was launching "a new AI system for scientists." It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to ...

Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee hope the prize will help a group or stimulate a result that will be good and long-lasting for mankind. The Swedes, on the other hand, tend to award the ...

Even Obama acknowledged his award was premature. To understand the Nobel committee’s thinking requires a recall of how damaged America’s global brand had become under President George W.

The Nobel committee does not publicly acknowledge nominees and Trump's past nominations have not resulted in a win. However, with global conflicts escalating, any recognition of peace efforts ...

Donald Trump vowed to be a peacemaker as president. The Nobel committee should honor him as one, a Southern California lawmaker argues. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, whose district includes ...

Sakharov was awarded the prize "for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations", according to the Nobel committee citation. The process ...

In December, members of the English department at Boston College were reminded of this fact in a letter from Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, inviting them to ...

Daniella Weiss, a prominent supporters of Israeli settlements, has been reportedly nominated by Israelis for the 2025 Nobel ...