Nobel Prize

Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Prize in Economics for pioneering research on the microfoundations of macroeconomic stabilization and market expectations.

American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Prize in Economics for pioneering microfoundations in stabilization policy, transforming global central banking.

Canadian poet and translator Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for her innovative work merging classical traditions with contemporary literary forms.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Belgian researcher Francis Halzen for high-energy neutrino discoveries, following the Medicine Prize announcement.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for pioneering discoveries in optogenetics, enabling precise control of neural activity using light.

Following the scientist's death at the age of 87, high-tech entrepreneur Etgar Spivak revealed a personal correspondence from 2021, in which Yonath responded to a request for a greeting for his young daughter who dreamed of doing research: "Curiosity is the most important trait"

Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for her research on ribosomes. She worked for many years at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and was a recipient of the Israel Prize.

Prof. Ada Yonath, the 2009 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry and Israel Prize laureate, has passed away at the age of 87. A pioneer in ribosome research, her work was instrumental in the development of new antibiotics.

A philosophy professor in Naples has proposed awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to children in the Gaza Strip, sparking a heated debate in Italy. While the initiative has gained support from left-wing politicians, the Italian Jewish community has strongly condemned it as morally biased, arguing that it ignores the suffering of Israeli children and the role of Hamas.

The former leader of Myanmar met with a Red Cross delegation for the first time since the 2021 military coup. In photos released by the junta, she appears smiling and in good health, after years of uncertainty surrounding her condition.