SWEDEN - NOVEMBER 11: Medal for the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to British physicist Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) in 1906. The design shows a relief profile of Alfred Nobel, designed and ...

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, and his transition from arms manufacturer to founder of the Nobel Prize is intriguing. Known as the 'dynamite king,' he emerged from a family with ties to ...

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Imagine being woken up at dawn by a phone call telling you you've just won the world's most famous prize. Every October, the world turns its attention to a set of announcements that can change lives ...

As always, the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes are trailblazers in their fields, improving the lives of humans across the globe with their hard work and abundant intelligence. The esteemed ...

You probably know the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel as the founder of the Nobel Prize and the inventor of dynamite, but he created even more than that over his lifetime, with 355 patents in his name by ...