: 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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Doudna, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 with Emmanuelle Charpentier for this pioneering work, has been a prominent voice not only for its vast potential but also for its responsible and ethical use.
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Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
In 2024, two Google DeepMind employees were awarded half of that year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in creating AlphaFold software.
—Jessica Melugin, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
In 2000, the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry went to a trio of researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy and their colleague at UC San Diego for their discovery that, biochemically speaking, romantic love may be indistinguishable from having severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
In 1986, economist James Buchanan won a Nobel Prize in economics for the development of a field of study known as Public Choice.
—Frederic J. Fransen, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
In 2024, two Google DeepMind employees were awarded half of that year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in creating AlphaFold software.
—Jessica Melugin, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
In 2000, the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry went to a trio of researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy and their colleague at UC San Diego for their discovery that, biochemically speaking, romantic love may be indistinguishable from having severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
In 1986, economist James Buchanan won a Nobel Prize in economics for the development of a field of study known as Public Choice.
—Frederic J. Fransen, Boston Herald, 9 June 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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