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  1. 1 hour ago

    Marie Skłodowska Curie is perhaps the most famous of our female Nobel Prize laureates, but she is far from the only one to have made a massive impact on science and society. In the lead up we're going to share some of their stories. Stay tuned!

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Do you recognise our remarkable female Nobel Prize laureates? Take a look at some of them when they were young - they would grow up to become women who changed the world.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    “I was fortunate to have wonderfully supportive parents who told me that I had the ability to do anything I wanted with my life.” 2004 medicine laureate Linda Buck tells us about the influence her parents had on her scientific journey. Discover more:

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Ever since the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons have constituted a threat to our world. Peace laureate has been working to promote nuclear disarmament.

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  5. 10 hours ago

    “Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child.” In her Nobel Prize biography, nuclear physicist Rosalyn Yalow tells us about her journey from childhood to a Nobel Prize. Read more about this remarkable laureate:

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  6. 24 hours ago

    “When women are destroyed, it’s not a women’s question. It’s a human question.” Denis Mukwege was awarded the 2018 for his work fighting against the use of sexual violence in war.

    Denis Mukwege: It’s a human question
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  7. Mar 1

    Take a look at Gabriela Mistral receiving her Nobel Prize on 10 December 1945 "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world." Read more:

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  8. Mar 1

    Every year the Norwegian Nobel Committee receives hundreds of nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. There are 343 candidates for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize - 251 are individuals and 92 are organisations. Read more:

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  9. Mar 1

    Words of wisdom from pioneering neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini. Levi-Montalcini was 103 years old when she passed away in 2012 - the longest-living Nobel Prize laureate ever. This clip is from an interview when she was 99 years old:

    Rita Levi-Montalcini at the age of 99
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  10. Mar 1

    1 March 1999 the Mine Ban Treaty came into force, so children like Elsa who lost her eye to a landmine accident can grow up in a safer world. Jody Williams and were awarded the in 1997 for their work clearing and banning landmines.

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  11. Mar 1

    Launching today: discover the stories of four Nobel Peace Prize laureates - Malala Yousafzai, Wangari Maathai, Dalai Lama and Fridtjof Nansen - in a new learning experience from and . Start your journey:

    Active Citizen, a new Minecraft: Education Edition experience
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  12. Feb 28

    “Let us raise our voices together and say: No to violence, yes to peace, no to slavery, yes to freedom, no to racial discrimination, yes to equality and to human rights for all.” - Nadia Murad, awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

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  13. Feb 28

    The first woman in the history of Iranian justice to have served as a judge; Shirin Ebadi, was awarded the 2003 for her efforts to secure democracy and human rights, especially for women and children.

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  14. Feb 28

    "My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics." In his Nobel Prize biography, physics laureate Steven Chu remembers his physics teacher:

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  15. Feb 28

    Take a look at a clip of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman after he arrived in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony held on 10 December 1930. Video copyright © Sveriges Television AB 2009

    Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman in Stockholm
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  16. Feb 28

    Linus Pauling is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes - in chemistry and peace. He used quantum mechanics to understand and describe chemical bonding. Later he campaigned vehemently against nuclear weapons and spearheaded a petition to ban nuclear testing.

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  17. Feb 28

    On 28 February 1928, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman discovered the Raman effect. The Raman effect is the change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules.

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  18. Feb 27

    "What better way is there to learn than through teaching!" Happy birthday to Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Tsui, awarded the physics prize in 1998 for discovering a new form of quantum fluid. Discover more about Tsui's path to the . Learn more:

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  19. Feb 27

    “I took one companion on my journey — an old French gentleman poodle known as Charley.”  In 1960, literature laureate John Steinbeck and Charley drove across the US. The roadtrip resulted in the travelogue ‘Travels with Charley: In Search of America’.

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  20. Feb 27

    How does the brain interpret what we see? Medicine laureates David Hubel, born , and Torsten Wiesel clarified how this process works during the 1960s. Learn more about their discovery:

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