Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, is all set to announce the Nobel Physics Prize for 2024 on Tuesday, October 8. This will be the 118th time Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded. Three scientists — Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier — were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter".
The Nobel Prize in Physics has so far been awarded 117 times, and there has been a total of 225 recipients between 1901 and 2023. With John Bardeen getting the prize twice (1956 and 1972), a total of 224 individuals have so far been awarded received the Nobel Physics Prize.
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2024 will be announced Tuesday, October 8, at 11:45 CEST (3:15 pm IST), according to the Nobel website.
How To Watch Nobel Physics Prize Announcement
The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2024 will be live-streamed on the official YouTube channel of Nobel Prize. One can also check its official website and social media handles.
The Nobel Prize recognises excellence in various fields, including Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. It has been awarded annually since 1901.
Established by Alfred Nobel’s 1895 will, the prize embodies his vision of rewarding those whose achievements significantly impact society. Physics was the discipline that Alfred Nobel mentioned first in his 1895 will.
In his will, Nobel bequeathed his fortune to a fund that would reward the laureates. The Nobel Foundation, created to manage the funds, collaborates with several awarding bodies, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institute for Medicine, Swedish Academy for Literature, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee for Peace.
On October 7, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine would be awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA and the role it plays in post-transcriptional gene regulation.