Spotlight on diabetes

“This is a death sentence for those who get amputated”

Despite the Nobel Prize-awarded discovery of insulin and advances in diabetes treatment, amputations continue to devastate communities around the world. Follow Dr Foluso Fakorede, who fights to save lives in the Mississippi Delta.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930

Finding the key to safe blood transfusions

Today, we take it for granted that people have different blood types. But not so long ago, it was believed that all blood was the same – a fatal misunderstanding. 
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Women who changed science

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David Baker: a true believer in collaboration

The 2024 chemistry laureate believes that progress in science is made by working together and sharing ideas. Listen to him talk about how he sees mentoring as one of the most essential parts of his job.

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Geoffrey Hinton on the dangers of AI

Hear the 2024 physics laureate talk about the development of AI, his fascination with understanding the human brain and how his family legacy of successful scientists put pressure on Hinton to follow in their footsteps.

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The unseen enemy: navigating antimicrobial resistance

The hunt is on to find new antibiotics with the potential to save millions of lives.
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Family matters

Meet the families with Nobel Prizes.
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Aage Bohr and Niels Bohr on the occasion of the defence of Aage's doctoral thesis, 1954.

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Nobel Prize-awarded breakthroughs

A century of life-changing discoveries

Electronic devices help us in our daily lives, while innovations in medicine make life more manageable for people with chronic conditions.
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An icon in the world of modern science

Marie Curie is the only individual to receive the Nobel Prize in two different science categories.
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50 years on: discover the 1975 Nobel Prizes

Medicine

Insights into how cancer can arise

David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin showed how the virus does its job, the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
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11 prizes that help us understand and value our Earth

From understanding climate change to using AI to better protect our planet.
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An unrelenting opposition to Earth’s most dangerous weapons

A number of Nobel Prize laureates have worked to highlight the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and to strengthen international efforts to ban testing. 
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