https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The 2011 Nobel laureates in medicine, literature, economics, physics and chemistry received their prizes from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111210/37862 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +0100 37862 The 2011 Nobel prize in economics, known officially Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, has been awarded to US-based economists Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims for “their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”. https://www.thelocal.se/20111010/36652 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:04:00 +0200 36652 At 1pm Central European Time on Monday, the winner of the 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20111010/36502 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:24:00 +0200 36502 Swedish women's rights activists and peace groups hailed the awarding of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to three women who have been instrumental in promoting women's role in peace-building activities in Africa and the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.se/20111007/36608 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:54:00 +0200 36608 Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has been awarded the 2011 Nobel prize in Literature. https://www.thelocal.se/20111006/36582 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:39:00 +0200 36582 Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman has been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery of quasicrystals" which "fundamentally" altered how chemists conceive of solid matter, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111005/36562 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:43:00 +0200 36562 Australia's newest Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt assumed it was an elaborate undergraduate joke when he heard a Swedish voice on the line informing him that he had a "very important call" on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20111005/36548 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:17:00 +0200 36548 Three US researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae". https://www.thelocal.se/20111004/36532 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:53:00 +0200 36532 The Nobel Foundation ruled on Monday evening that Ralph Steinman will retain his share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine even though he died before being named recipient of the award. https://www.thelocal.se/20111003/36520 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:10:00 +0200 36520 Ralph M. Steinman, one of the three researchers jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the immune system, died last week at the age of 68. https://www.thelocal.se/20111003/36512 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:57:00 +0200 36512 Three researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to the immune system. https://www.thelocal.se/20111003/36506 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:21:00 +0200 36506