Noble Prizes

This year’s Economics Nobel prize for research about the 1930s holds key lessons for current crisis

Ben Bernanke and the team of Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig offered insights into the role that banks play in an economy.

Deepanshu Mohan
· Oct 12, 2022 · 11:30 am
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed may have won the Peace Nobel, but big challenges still await his country

Abiy was awarded the prize in particular for his initiative to resolve the border conflict with Eritrea.

Mohammed Girma, The Conversation
· Oct 11, 2019 · 11:30 pm
How fair is it for just three people to receive the Nobel Prize in physics?

Today’s scientific research is characterised by interdisciplinary, international collaboration. Awards like the Nobel Prizes haven’t caught up.

Caroline Wagner, The Conversation
· Oct 05, 2017 · 11:30 pm

How neutrinos, which barely exist, just ran off with another Nobel Prize

They're beyond tiny and super mysterious. Neutrinos are an elemental particle that might just help us understand the structure and evolution of the Universe.

John Beacom, The Conversation
· Oct 07, 2015 · 08:30 pm