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The new Nobel laureates proved Einstein was not always right
Bernanke, Diamond and Dybvig have taught lessons about bank runs that have been absorbed since the financial crisis
Former chief of US central bank shares award with two other economists for research into financial crises
Laureates praised for ‘outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power’
A selection of interviews and reviews from our archives to celebrate an oeuvre defined by ‘courage and clinical acuity’
Writer, 82, is best known for works exploring female sexuality and the lives of women
‘Functional’ technique of putting molecules together is transforming medical R&D and manufacturing
Award shared for work to prove theory of entangled particles, an idea Einstein once dismissed as ‘spooky action’
Svante Pääbo’s sequencing of the Neanderthal’s genome boosts understanding of evolution
Big changes are afoot with many writing awards closing — but maybe we don’t need so many
David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens discerned crisp causal relationships from fuzzy data
Trio challenged ideas, including work to show that raising the minimum wage need not depress jobs
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov recognised for ‘courageous fight’ for press freedom
Tanzanian novelist praised for ‘compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’
Research from the 1960s and 1970s led to the first reliable predictions of global warming
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson’s work transformed how countries allocate resources in the public interest
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson developed new types of auctions for sale of goods and services
World Food Programme lauded for efforts in combating hunger
Swedish academy praised ‘unmistakable poetic voice’ of former US poet laureate
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna recognised for work that transformed biology research
Three scientists share award for groundbreaking work into existence of the astronomical objects
Honour given special resonance in year when world is gripped by coronavirus pandemic
Can literary merit steer clear of the ideology of the controversial Nobel winner?
Prize-winners prove economists are tackling one of humanity’s fundamental problems
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