Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ferenc Krausz has been elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The announcement on Wednesday was passed on in a statement by the Frontiers Foundation, which he founded. The NAS announced on April 29 that it has elected 120 new members and 25 international members in recognition of […]

Hungarian Nobel laureate writer László Krasznahorkai talked about rebellion, human dignity, angels and hope in his Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Sunday. "The angels of old are no more, there are only the new ones … and, having lost their wings … they walk among us in simple street clothes," […]

This Thursday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. According to the official statement, Krasznahorkai received the award for his visionary works, which demonstrate the power of art even in the midst of apocalyptic terror. This is the first time since 2002 that a Hungarian […]

The winner of last year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology, Hungarian mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó has donated a copy of her Nobel Prize and the prize money to her former alma mater, the University of Szeged (SZTE). In a lecture this Tuesday, during which she reported on the events of last December's Nobel Week in Stockholm, […]

At the gala evening in the US capital, the Hungarian Nobel laureate was joined by fellow researcher Drew Weismann in receiving one of the most prestigious awards of the US innovation and patent profession, the Hall of Fame. In addition to them, some 10 other scientists and inventors have been recognized. The US-based Hungarian biochemist, […]