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Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Attosecond Light Pulses and Electron Motion
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023, awarded to Agostini, Krausz and L'Huillier for attosecond light pulses that reveal electron motion.
22 min read →Nobel Prize in Economics 2024: Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2024: Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson's work on institutions and national prosperity.
22 min read →Nobel Peace Prize 2024: Nihon Hidankyo And The Nuclear Taboo
Notes on the Nobel Peace Prize 2024, awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's Hibakusha survivor organisation, for its work against nuclear weapons.
20 min read →Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024: MicroRNA and Gene Regulation
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024, awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovering microRNA gene regulation.
21 min read →Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Hopfield Networks and the Boltzmann Machine
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational work on artificial neural networks.
22 min read →Nobel Prize in Economics 2025: Innovation, Creative Destruction and Sustained Growth
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for explaining innovation-driven growth.
20 min read →Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Maria Corina Machado and Venezuela's Democracy Struggle
Notes on the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 awarded to Maria Corina Machado for her work promoting democratic rights and a peaceful transition in Venezuela.
19 min read →Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: László Krasznahorkai and the Power of Art Amid Terror
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 awarded to László Krasznahorkai for his apocalyptic yet art-affirming Hungarian novels.
20 min read →Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Metal-Organic Frameworks And Their Laureates
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi's development of metal-organic frameworks, their cavities and real-world uses.
20 min read →Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Macroscopic Quantum Tunnelling in Superconducting Circuits
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for macroscopic quantum tunnelling.
20 min read →Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026: Optogenetics and Light-Gated Ion Channels
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026: Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel's discovery of optogenetics using light-gated algal proteins.
22 min read →Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Notes on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 awarded to Francis Halzen for leading IceCube and discovering high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
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