Hall and Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize
World 16:54 12/10/2026Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
Canadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
World 18:08 08/10/2026Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the award-giving body said on Thursday.
Meticulous experimentation earned Soai Nobel
World 17:19 08/10/2026Kenso Soai, a 76-year-old Japanese researcher, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry after spending day after day immersing himself in painstaking experimentation without complaint.
Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel chemistry prize
World 18:23 07/10/2026STOCKHOLM -- Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis," the award-giving body said on Wednesday.
Nobel laureate David MacMillan brings medal, inspiration to Ho Chi Minh City students
Ho Chi Minh City 18:09 01/10/2026After a scientific forum on chemistry and drug discovery in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, a large crowd of students gathered around Nobel laureate David MacMillan to talk with him, take photos and get a close look at his Nobel medal.
Clinical Treg use now possible: Sakaguchi in Nobel lecture
World 17:27 08/12/2025STOCKHOLM -- Shimon Sakaguchi, the Japanese winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, emphasized in a lecture Sunday that the clinical application of regulatory T cells he discovered in 1995 is possible now.
2025 Nobel prize in economics opens wider path for Vietnam’s future development
In-Depth 14:00 14/10/2025The 2025 Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for their work on how innovation and the forces of ‘creative destruction’ can drive economic growth and lift living standards, potentially inspiring Vietnam’s reform journey.
Nobel winner Kitagawa believes in 'useful uselessness'
World 16:34 09/10/2025KYOTO -- Susumu Kitagawa, a 74-year-old Japanese researcher who has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has words of Chinese thinker Zhuangzi to live by--something apparently useless is actually important.
Unreachable Nobel winner hiking 'off the grid'
World 10:56 07/10/2025One of this year's Nobel winners is a leading medical researcher who also offers a shining example of work-life balance -- so much so that he might not know he won.
Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid pandemic
World 18:26 26/09/2020The winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden’s glitterati
2018 Nobel Literature prize postponed over Academy sex scandal
Travel 14:47 04/05/2018Misconduct accusations are being directed to the husband of a member from the Swedish Academy
Nobel for trio who took chemistry to cyberspace
World 22:00 09/10/2013Martin Karplus, a US-Austrian citizen, Michael Levitt, a US-British citizen, and Arieh Warshel of the US and Israel were honoured "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"
