So, in his will Alfred Nobel set aside the bulk of his considerable estate (+/- 94 percent) to the creation of the Nobel ...

The Nobel Prize honors global contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and more, with a prestigious medal.

Barring any last-minute twists and turns, the board of commissioners is moving toward investiture; the question now is whether it ...

As stipulated in the will of the Swedish-born inventor and international industrialist Alfred Nobel, which was opened after ...

It may sound strange, but future Nobel Prizes, and other scientific achievement awards, one day might well be given out to ...

The Nobel Prize season ended last month when winners of the six different awards were announced for their outstanding accomplishments in fields ranging from medicine to literature. But over the ...

Kao won a joint Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009, the Faraday Medal in 1989, and the Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1985. Born in 1933 in Shanghai, Kao’s passion for science started young.