Royal Swedish Academy to Reveal This Year’s Nobel Physics Laureate in Stockholm
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday, following last year’s awards to quantum researchers.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will reveal this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics at 11:45 today in Stockholm. The award includes a monetary prize of twelve million Swedish crowns and will be presented by Ellen Moons, the academy’s secretary general. The Nobel ceremonies will continue throughout the week with prizes in chemistry, literature and peace. Online discussions are focusing on scientists whose work underpins quantum algorithms, quantum‑Hall phenomena and energy‑efficient display technologies.
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The physics prize spotlights breakthrough research that can shape scientific priorities worldwide.
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- Oct 1 Nobel Prizes to be announced this week, with economics winners revealed on Oct. 12
- Oct 5 The cash component of each Nobel prize has been set at 12 million Swedish crowns.
- Oct 6 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday, following last year’s awards to quantum researchers.
- Oct 6 The Nobel Physics award is scheduled to be revealed at 11:45 today.
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