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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has as its aim to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.

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The focus of this seminar is to look at the ways that plastic can potentially break down in the ocean and what science knows about toxicity, for example.
Leif G. Anderson, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
– Sweden is falling behind in scientific competitiveness and decisive measures are required to make sure that the country remains at the scientific cutting edge. If the country’s most prominent, young researchers are given the possibility to develop into successful, top scientists, Sweden may well remain a scientific nation in the future
Staffan Normark, Permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The prize money will primarily go towards financing further studies of MDS stem cells, for instance, studies carried out after stem cell transplants.Transplantation of stem cells is currently the only therapy able to cure MDS, but the relapse frequency after transplant is still very high. Although we now know which cells cause the development of MDS and later on leukaemia, we still do not understand why these stem cells are so good at resisting various kinds of treatment. If we can identify new “therapeutic targets” in the MDS stem cells, we hope to be able to find a cure for MDS.
Professor Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen
In total, the program will provide funding for 24 Swedish postdoctoral researchers to go abroad. Additionally, by means of international recruitment, 35 foreign postdoctoral researchers and 25 guest professors will be given the opportunity to come to Swedish institutions. The program also includes SEK 40 million in support to the Institut Mittag-Leffler
Göran Sandberg, Executive director of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
A broad and comprehensive endeavour is called for in order to recover a position at the top. For instance, more Swedish postdoctoral researchers will be given the opportunity to work abroad. Being part of a dynamic environment that spans all fields of mathematics will give them a broader view of the subject. They will also develop an international network that will be beneficial to them for the duration of their careers
Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The aim of the endeavour is for Sweden to recover a position at the international cutting edge. Mathematics is one of the largest subjects at Swedish universities. It is also a subject of utmost importance for the future development of Sweden since it constitutes the basis for many medical and virtually all scientific and technical applications
Peter Wallenberg Jr., Vice-chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
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The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 and The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012 will soon be announced

News this year are that the prize amount is doubled to totally SEK 8 million and that Video News Releases with experts from the prize committees, and newly recorded interviews with chosen Laureates are released with the press material.On early Thursday morning on 19 January, at 01:00 am (Swedish time, CET) the Crafoord Prize for 2012 will be announced for international media. This year’s disciplines are mathematics and astronomy, divided into two separate prizes. A press release and an illustrated popular science article will be published and scientific experts are available on telephone.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Daniel ShechtmanTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “for the discovery of quasicrystals”.A remarkable mosaic of atomsIn quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic worldreproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns that never repeat themselves.However, the configuration found in quasicrystals was considered impossible,and Daniel Shechtman had to fight a fierce battle against established science.The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 has

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 with one half to Saul PerlmutterThe Supernova Cosmology ProjectLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA and the other half to Brian P. SchmidtThe High-z Supernova Search TeamAustralian National University, Weston Creek, Australia and Adam G. RiessThe High-z Supernova Search TeamJohns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe

The Crafoord Days 9-11 May 2010: Meet the ecologist Ilkka Hanski - the first Nordic Crafoord Laureate ever since the prize was founded

Welcome to meet the butterfly-expert, Ilkka Hanski, who comes to Sweden to receive the Crafoord Prizein Biosciences 2011, “for his pioneering studies on how spatial variation affects the dynamics of animal andplant populations”.He has studied exotic species from Greenland to the rain forests in Borneo, but it was in the Åland islands where his most important discoveries on so called metapopulations were made.The Crafoord Days 2011 begin traditionally in Stockholm and end in Lund.The Crafoord Laureate 2011Ilkka Hanski, Helsingfors University, Finland. Prize amount: SEK 4 million.

LAST CALL: Press activities during the Nobel week 2010 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

NB! Further information and registration to all press activities is available at http://kva.se/pressroomLast day for registration to all press activities: FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER 2010The press activities are only for the media. Please bring your press ID, or similar.PRESS CONFERENCE 7 DECEMBERTime: Tuesday 7 December, at 9:00–10:00 amVenue: The Beijer hall, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm, Sweden.The press conference will be broadcasted live and on demand as web-TV at http://kva.se INTERVIEWS 8 DECEMBER(in connection to the Nobel Lectures)

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2010

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2010 to Peter A. DiamondMassachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA, USA, Dale T. MortensenNorthwestern University,Evanston, IL, USA and Christopher A. PissaridesLondon School of Economics and Political Science,UK “for their analysis of markets with search frictions”.Markets with search costs Why are so many people unemployed at the same time that there are a large number of job openings? How can economic policy

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2010 to Richard F. HeckUniversity of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, Ei-ichi NegishiPurdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA and Akira SuzukiHokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”.Great art in a test tube Organic chemistry has developed into an art form where scientists produce marvelous chemical creations in their test tubes. Mankind benefits from this in the form of medicines, ever-more precise electronics and advanced

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