Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun got the prize for the discovery ... role in gene regulation. Photo: Victor Ambros ...

In 1993 the economics committee decided to award a prize in game theory the next year. Lindbeck wanted Nash to win part of the Nobel, but he got stiff opposition from another formidable committee ...

For someone with “a hyper-fixation” about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, as an advisor put it ... the horrific photos from Abu Ghraib and go-it-alone diplomacy overall. The 2009 Nobel ...

Awarded for the first time in 1969, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science is the Johnny-come-lately Nobel Prize. Since its beginnings, the prize category has been heavily dominated by ...