Nobel Prize in Physics

Space

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94

Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013.

09/04/2024

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Spare a thought for Schrödinger's Cat

On this day in 1935: Physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment ‘Schrödinger’s Cat.’

29/11/2023

Health news

From mRNA to attoseconds: The discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel prizes

The scientific discoveries behind the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry are impacting how we live our lives.

04/10/2023

Sweden

Three physicists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger built on the theory of quantum entanglement made by Stewart John Bell's work of the 1960s.

04/10/2022

Switzerland

Higgs Boson researchers mark 10 year anniversary with return to particle studies

Higgs Boson researchers mark 10 year anniversary with return to particle studies

01/07/2022

Climate

How these Nobel Prize winning scientists foresaw climate change

The Nobel Prize for physics has been split between 3 scientists working on the link between weather patterns and climate change.

07/10/2021

Sweden

Two Europeans among trio to win Nobel Prize in Physics

It comes 100 years since the same award was given to Albert Einstein

05/10/2021

Sweden

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists for space discoveries

A University of Oxford academic scooped one half of the prize for his work on black hole formation theory while a pair of scientists won the other for their discovery of a supermassive object.

06/10/2020

Sweden

Nobel laureates receive awards at boycotted ceremony

The decision to award Austrian Author Peter Handke with the 2019 Literature Prize has led to a backlash over his support of the late former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

10/12/2019