Nobel Prize Coverage

3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in electronics, medical imaging

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in everyday life include electronics and medical imaging.

Oldest person to win Nobel Prize, a force lithium battery development, dies

John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100, the University of Texas announced Monday.

Former Fed chair Bernanke, 2 other Americans share Nobel Prize in economics

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for their work on banks and financial crises.

3 scientists exploring ways of 'snapping molecules together' share Nobel prize for chemistry

Three scientists were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design better medicines, including ones that target diseases such as cancer more precisely.

'3 scientists share Nobel Prize for work in 'totally crazy' quantum science

Three scientists jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for proving that tiny particles could retain a connection with each other even when separated, a phenomenon once doubted but now being explored for potential real-world applications such as encrypting information.

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

Martin Goillandeau and Alaa Elassar, CNN

Joe Biden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

On Monday, British lawmaker Chris Bryant revealed that he nominated Joe Biden for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Greta Thunberg receives Nobel Peace Prize nomination

The 17-year-old was nominated by two members of Sweden's Left Party, Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling.

Two MIT, Harvard professors share Nobel Prize for economics

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”

Three scientists share Nobel for work with lithium-ion batteries

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work developing lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and many other devices — and reduced the world’s reliance on fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.

Toni Morrison, A Beloved Novelist of Black Identity in America, Dies at 88

Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate in literature whose best-selling work explored black identity in America and in particular the often crushing experience of black women through luminous, incantatory prose resembling that of no other writer in English, died on Monday in New York City. She was 88.

Margalit Fox, New York Times

Toni Morrison dies at 88

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison died at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

Nobel winner ignores call, thinking it is spam

One of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for economics says he ignored two telephone calls, thinking they were spam calls, before the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences was able to get through to him.

Two Americans share Nobel economics prize for climate change, tech innovation research

Two American researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for studying the interplay of climate change and technological innovation with economics.

Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by House Republicans

Eighteen House members sent a letter to the Nobel Committee in Norway, recommending President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

A Trump Nobel Peace Prize? South Korea's Leader Likes the Idea

SEOUL, South Korea -- Several months ago, South Koreans considered President Donald Trump as dangerous as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two traded threats of nuclear annihilation.

CHOE SANG-HUN, New York Times