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"This is not biology! You can't get this in biology!" Medicine laureate May-Britt Moser and artist Olafur Eliasson discuss the intersection of art and science at an event in 2015 at the Nobel Week Dialogue: The Future of Intelligence. Watch the discussion in full:

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the 1906 medicine prize for his work on the structure of the nervous system. His co-laureate Camillo Golgi developed a staining technique that made it possible to colour nerve cells using silver nitrate.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the 1906 medicine prize for his work on the structure of the nervous system. His co-laureate Camillo Golgi developed a staining technique that made it possible to colour nerve cells using silver nitrate.
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“Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child.” In her Nobel Prize biography, nuclear physicist Rosalyn Yalow tells us about her journey from childhood to a Nobel Prize. Read more about this remarkable laureate: bit.ly/42vhBWY

“Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child.” 

In her Nobel Prize biography, nuclear physicist Rosalyn Yalow tells us about her journey from childhood to a Nobel Prize. 

Read more about this remarkable laureate: bit.ly/42vhBWY
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"When I see some of the injuries on the women and children, I realise this type of violence has little to do with sex and much more with power through a sort of terrorism." - Denis Mukwege, interview with Warscapes and The Guardian, 22 May 2015. The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

"When I see some of the injuries on the women and children, I realise this type of violence has little to do with sex and much more with power through a sort of terrorism." 

- Denis Mukwege, interview with Warscapes and The Guardian, 22 May 2015. 
 
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
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Martin Luther King Jr began writing 'Letter from Birmingham Jail', dated 16 April 1963, in the margins of a newspaper while imprisoned. The letter became an important text for the Civil Rights movement.

Martin Luther King Jr began writing 'Letter from Birmingham Jail', dated 16 April 1963, in the margins of a newspaper while imprisoned. The letter became an important text for the Civil Rights movement.
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Did you know that we have millions of different antibodies, but each individual white blood cell produces only one kind of antibody? By fusing an antibody-producing cell with a tumour cell Georges Köhler and César Milstein were able to produce antibodies in large amounts.

Did you know that we have millions of different antibodies, but each individual white blood cell produces only one kind of antibody? By fusing an antibody-producing cell with a tumour cell Georges Köhler and César Milstein were able to produce antibodies in large amounts.
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“I felt really alone and isolated at school. This “outsider” feeling drove me to take risks and prove doubters wrong, and later influenced my choices as a scientist.” - chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna. Read her story: bit.ly/3vvzTd8

“I felt really alone and isolated at school. This “outsider” feeling drove me to take risks and prove doubters wrong, and later influenced my choices as a scientist.” 

- chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna.

Read her story: bit.ly/3vvzTd8
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"You want a leader who is also a servant." What makes a good leader? Peace laureate Desmond Tutu told us what qualities he feels are most important in this interview from 2007.

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“It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there’s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality.” - Gabriel García Márquez, pioneer of magical realism, via 'The Paris Review'

“It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there’s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality.” 

- Gabriel García Márquez, pioneer of magical realism, via 'The Paris Review'
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"You learn the most from things you enjoy doing so much that you don’t even notice time passing. I am often so engrossed in my work that I forget to eat lunch." Albert Einstein's advice to his son Albert. Physics laureate Einstein passed away on 18 April 1955, aged 76.

"You learn the most from things you enjoy doing so much that you don’t even notice time passing. I am often so engrossed in my work that I forget to eat lunch."

Albert Einstein's advice to his son Albert. Physics laureate Einstein passed away on 18 April 1955, aged 76.
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Nobel Prize laureates George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion discarded the traditional trial-and-error approach in designing drugs in favour of a rational, scientific approach. One of the first drugs they produced in the early 1950s helped many children with leukaemia to survive.

Nobel Prize laureates George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion discarded the traditional trial-and-error approach in designing drugs in favour of a rational, scientific approach. One of the first drugs they produced in the early 1950s helped many children with leukaemia to survive.
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Literature laureate Doris Lessing has never been one to underestimate the power of books. Read her full #NobelPrize lecture: bit.ly/2UquTkB

Literature laureate Doris Lessing has never been one to underestimate the power of books.

Read her full #NobelPrize lecture: bit.ly/2UquTkB
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#OnThisDay in 1906 Pierre Curie died in a tragic accident. Marie Skłodowska Curie - his wife and research partner - was offered a government pension but she refused. Instead, she continued the pair's studies and in 1911 became the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes.

#OnThisDay in 1906 Pierre Curie died in a tragic accident. Marie Skłodowska Curie - his wife and research partner - was offered a government pension but she refused. Instead, she continued the pair's studies and in 1911 became the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes.
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Can you name the only Nobel Prize laureate to be awarded the prize three times? Click to find out the answer: bit.ly/3vkTKGl #NobelPrize

Can you name the only Nobel Prize laureate to be awarded the prize three times?

Click to find out the answer: bit.ly/3vkTKGl 

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In April 1910 laureate Paul Ehrlich announced the discovery of the first medicine that could cure syphilis. The drug in question had originally been thought to be ineffective but Erlich decided to give it another go testing it on infected rabbits - to his delight it worked.

In April 1910 laureate Paul Ehrlich announced the discovery of the first medicine that could cure syphilis. The drug in question had originally been thought to be ineffective but Erlich decided to give it another go testing it on infected rabbits - to his delight it worked.
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Peace laureate Nadia Murad's life story inspires us to never give up. Nadia Murad grew up in the village of Kojo in northern Iraq. She is a member of the Yazidi minority. Yazidis are an ancient ethno-religious group. In 2014, militants from IS conquered Kojo and massacred

Peace laureate Nadia Murad's life story inspires us to never give up. 

Nadia Murad grew up in the village of Kojo in northern Iraq. She is a member of the Yazidi minority. Yazidis are an ancient ethno-religious group.

In 2014, militants from IS conquered Kojo and massacred
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During Easter 1982 the bacteria that causes most stomach ulcers and can lead to gastric cancer was first discovered. Robin Warren (left) and Barry Marshall (right) tried and failed to grow the organism several times. It was only when the agar plates were left in the incubator by

During Easter 1982 the bacteria that causes most stomach ulcers and can lead to gastric cancer was first discovered.

Robin Warren (left) and Barry Marshall (right) tried and failed to grow the organism several times. It was only when the agar plates were left in the incubator by
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Physics laureate Roger Penrose had a puzzling childhood. From designing moving models and polyhedra he took on a massive mystery in 1964, when he proposed critical mathematical tools to describe black holes. Read more about his life: bit.ly/42jMRqz

Physics laureate Roger Penrose had a puzzling childhood. From designing moving models and polyhedra he took on a massive mystery in 1964, when he proposed critical mathematical tools to describe black holes. 

Read more about his life: bit.ly/42jMRqz
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Andrew Scullion (pictured) was one of the first babies to have a bone marrow transplantation – a procedure that has saved countless lives. It was developed by medicine laureate Donnall Thomas who performed the first successful bone marrow transplant between two humans in 1956.

Andrew Scullion (pictured) was one of the first babies to have a bone marrow transplantation – a procedure that has saved countless lives.  

It was developed by medicine laureate Donnall Thomas who performed the first successful bone marrow transplant between two humans in 1956.