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  1. 7 hours ago

    "We are journalists, and our mission is clear - to distinguish between facts and fiction." In his lecture, peace laureate Dmitry Muratov spoke about journalists' role in society. Read his lecture:

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Want to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement? Visit the Nobel Prize website for a free set of three easy-to-use lessons and videos about King and his struggle for equal rights:

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  3. 12 hours ago

    "I study the sense of touch and this is indeed a very touching moment of pure joy." Watch this heartwarming segment of medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian's () lecture where he remembers a touching moment of pure joy.

    Ardem Patapoutian's Nobel Prize lecture
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  4. Jan 2

    "We should always explore the things that we are a little afraid of." Trailblazer Andrea Ghez believes you should always overcome the fears you have and the best way to do that is to explore those difficult territories even more. Listen to our podcast:

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  5. Jan 2

    Do you take (digital) tea breaks with your colleagues? A Nobel Prize laureate who really enjoyed his afternoon tea was physicist J.J. Thomson. Thomson established a daily tea time welcoming all research students for a tea break at University of Cambridge.

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  6. Jan 2

    Say cheese! Throwback to December when our laureates were all smiles after receiving their Nobel Prize medals. Pictured here are chemistry laureate David MacMillan and physics laureate Syukuro Manabe in Washington DC in the US.

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  7. Jan 1

    Start the new year with some advice from our Nobel Prize laureates Frances Arnold, Kip Thorne and Donna Strickland! What is your goal for 2022?

    Advice from our Nobel Prize laureates
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  8. Jan 1

    1 January 1985: Physics laureate Donna Strickland is shown aligning an optical fiber at University of Rochester. Her Nobel Prize-awarded research has led to improvements within the field of laser physics. Strickland was the third woman to be awarded the physics prize.

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  9. Jan 1

    Some advice from physics laureate Frank Wilczek to kick off 2022.

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  10. 31 Dec 2021

    Let's look back at some highlights from December when our Nobel Prize laureates were celebrated all over the world. Congratulations again to all our 2021 laureates!

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  11. 31 Dec 2021

    In 1977 Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, shown here watering plants with a young girl, started planting trees in Kenya to combat deforestation. Her Green Belt Movement gave jobs to women, became a symbol for democratic struggle, and led to the planting of over 50 million trees.

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  12. 31 Dec 2021

    At the age of 24, Werner Forssmann had a plan - to try the very first heart catheterisation on himself. Catheterisation is today a common procedure used to find heart defects, deliver medicine and open up blocked arteries. In 1956 Forssmann shared the medicine prize.

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  13. 30 Dec 2021

    Happy 91st birthday to Tu Youyou! After studies of traditional herbal medicines, Tu Youyou managed to extract a substance, artemisinin, which inhibits the malaria parasite. Drugs based on artemisinin have led to the survival and improved the health of millions of people.

    Nobel Prize laureate Tu Youyou
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  14. 30 Dec 2021

    in 1865 Rudyard Kipling, author of 'The Jungle Book', was born. Aged 41 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize, Kipling was, and still is, the youngest ever literature laureate.

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  15. 30 Dec 2021

    Aged 12, Randy Schekman saved money from odd jobs to buy a microscope. But he couldn’t reach his goal as his mother kept borrowing money from his piggy bank. In desperation he went to the police. It paid off - his parents bought the microscope. Happy birthday to Schekman today!

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  16. 29 Dec 2021

    Then and now: medicine laureate Tu Youyou After contracting tuberculosis at 16, Tu decided to study medicine and find cures for diseases like the one that had afflicted her. Tu found a new way to treat malaria with the active ingredient, artemisinin, saving millions of lives.

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  17. 29 Dec 2021

    Is it possible to train a dog to drool on command? Learn about conditioned reflexes in this interactive game! The object of the game is to train laureate Ivan Pavlov's dog to respond to a signal that it will associate with being fed:

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  18. 29 Dec 2021

    Who has been your best teacher? For Nobel Prize laureate Bruce Beutler the person that taught him most was his father, a scientist who learnt many lessons from. Read Beutler's biography:

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  19. 29 Dec 2021

    During the 1930s X-ray crystallography was used to map increasingly large and complex molecules. Max Perutz used the technique to map the structure of haemoglobin (pictured) - the protein that allows blood to transport energy-giving oxygen to the body's muscles.

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  20. 28 Dec 2021

    Remembering Liu Xiaobo who would have been 66 today. Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize but was unable to attend the ceremony, as he was in prison. An empty chair stood in his place. He passed away while under guard and in isolation on 13 July 2017.

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