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Meet this year's Crafoord Prize Laureates – Lars Klareskog, Sweden and Peter K. ...

23 Apr, 2013 07:44 CET

Tens of millions of people all over the world suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. The discoveries behind the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 have in a decisive manner contributed to our understanding of the disease. For instance, Lars Klareskogs's research shows that if no-one in Sweden smoked, one in five cases could probably be avoided.
You are welcome to register for interviews on 2-3 May with this year's...

Sweden – Becoming a World Leader in Mathematics

8 Apr, 2013 07:52 CET

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has decided in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to support Swedish research in mathematics. The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013

17 Jan, 2013 08:01 CET

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 to:

Peter K. Gregersen,
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research,
Manhasset, NY, USA

Lars Klareskog
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Robert J. Winchester
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

“for their discoveries concerning the role of different genetic factors and their interactions with...

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 is announced on Thursday 17 January

14 Jan, 2013 07:52 CET

On Thursday morning on 17 January, at 08:00 am (Swedish time, CET +1) the Crafoord Prize for 2013 will be announced. This year’s discipline is Polyarthritis (diseases that causes inflammation in several joints, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).
A press release and an illustrated popular science article will be distributed and scientific experts are available on telephone. Hopefully, the Laureate/-s (max. 3 persons)...

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2012

15 Oct, 2012 13:02 CET

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2012 to Alvin E. Roth Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, and Lloyd S. Shapley University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012

10 Oct, 2012 11:47 CET

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 to

Robert J. Lefkowitz
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

and

Brian K. Kobilka
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

“for studies of G-protein–coupled receptors”.
Smart receptors on cell surfaces
Your body is a fine-tuned system of interactions...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012

9 Oct, 2012 11:48 CET

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012 to Serge Haroche Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France and David J. Wineland National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA “for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”.

REMINDER! PRESS CONFERENCES for the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in C...

24 Sep, 2012 08:00 CET

Welcome to the announcements of this year’s Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
N.B.! The press conferences are only for the media. Press ID is required. Limited number of places.
Registration for media and booking of interviews with experts must be done at the Academy’s website http://kva.se/en/pressroom

Times for...

The Aminoff Prize 2013

13 Sep, 2012 08:00 CET

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography 2013 to: Carlo Gatti Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technology, Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISTM) Milan, Italy and Mark Spackman University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia “for developing experimental and theoretical methods to study electron density in crystals, and using them to...

PRESS CONFERENCES for the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry a...

22 Aug, 2012 08:00 CET