I helped select the Nobel laureates in physics – here's how our committee decides

The discussions in the committee are always open, frank and sometimes emotional, but never hostile.

Mats Larsson, Professor of molecular physics, Stockholm University • conversation
Oct. 5, 2023 • ~6 min

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for 'quantum dot' technology that gave us today's high definition TVs

Quantum dot technology has also helped revolutionise medical imagining.

Laurence Murphy, Senior Lecturer & Researcher in Media Technology, University of Salford • conversation
Oct. 5, 2023 • ~4 min

Quantum dots are part of a revolution in engineering atoms in useful ways – Nobel Prize for chemistry recognizes the power of nanotechnology

Quantum dots are a prime example of the way nanotechnology engineers materials at an atomic scale.

Andrew Maynard, Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 • ~9 min

Making 'movies' at the attosecond scale helps researchers better understand electrons − and could one day lead to super-fast electronics

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics recognized researchers studying electron movement in real time − this work could revolutionize electronics, laser imaging and more.

Niranjan Shivaram, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 • ~8 min

How we hired 2023 Nobel laureate Anne L'Huillier – and why we knew she was destined for greatness

L'Huillier was busy teaching when she her Nobel prize was awarded.

Sune Svanberg, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lund University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 • ~6 min

What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research

Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second.

Aaron W. Harrison, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Austin College • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 • ~5 min

Nobel prize in physics awarded for work unveiling the secrets of electrons

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”.

Amelle Zaïr, Senior Lecturer of Physics, King's College London • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 • ~5 min

Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive a century after a Nobel went to the scientist who demonstrated it below -450 degrees Fahrenheit

Superconductivity may sound like science fiction, but the first experiments to achieve it were conducted over a century ago. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, credited with the discovery, won a Nobel Prize in 1913.

David D. Nolte, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 • ~8 min

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

The winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine made a discovery that helped create the COVID-19 vaccines. They couldn’t have anticipated the tremendous impact of their findings.

André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 • ~9 min

Just 3 Nobel Prizes cover all of science – how research is done today poses a challenge for these prestigious awards

The Nobel Prize categories were set up more than a century ago. Since then, science has grown and evolved in unpredictable ways.

Jeffrey I. Seeman, Visiting Research Scholar in Chemistry, University of Richmond • conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~10 min

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