The Nobel Prize honours outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The first prizes were awarded in 1901. So far, 22 Nobel Prizes have been awarded ...

For those fuzzy on the details, here’s a progressive timeline that led to this monumental achievement ... protein-folding problem was planted in the field of protein biology when biochemist Christian ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...

American James Watson shares the Nobel Prize in medicine with British researchers Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their work on DNA. Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit ...

The Nobel Committee awarded the prize because “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has ...