The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has announced that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and NAS international member Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.
Omar M. Yaghi has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for the development of metal–organic frameworks, which can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyze chemical reactions.
NAS Member Spotlight: Kornelia Polyak on the Future of Breast Cancer Research
As we mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, we celebrate the work of Kornelia Polyak, a pioneering cancer biologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. For more than two decades, Polyak has been at the forefront of research into breast tumor evolution, heterogeneity, and the tumor microenvironment, transforming how scientists think about…
25 Years of Nobel Laureates: Celebrating NAS Members Awarded the Nobel Prize Since 2000
Each October, the world turns its attention to Stockholm as the Nobel Prizes are announced. For the National Academy of Sciences, it is also a moment to celebrate our members whose groundbreaking discoveries have reshaped our understanding of the world and improved lives across the globe. Since 2000, more than 185 NAS members have been…
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