: any of various annual prizes (as in peace, literature, medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity
called also Nobel
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He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
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But while Irving Langmuir went on to win the Nobel Prize and rub shoulders with celebrities in and outside of science, and even star in a Kurt Vonnegut novel, Katharine Blodgett remained for most of her career, his apprentice, and she's been largely forgotten.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Nobel Prize winners often underperform relative to their peers early in their careers, publishing less and securing tenure later.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
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This approach enabled major advances in simulating complex systems and was recognized by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Nobel Prize winners often underperform relative to their peers early in their careers, publishing less and securing tenure later.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Advertisement To capture academic distinction at the highest level, the study also considers the presence of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal laureates among university alumni and staff.
—Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
This approach enabled major advances in simulating complex systems and was recognized by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
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Nobel Prize
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No·bel Prize
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: an annual prize (as in literature, medicine, peace) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of people who work for the interests of humanity
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