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Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel
The latest news and top stories on Alfred Nobel. A Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer and industrialist, he is widely recognised for inventing dynamite in 1867, a safer explosive that revolutionised mining and construction. Nobel held 355 patents globally, contributing to various fields including artificial silk and leather. He was a successful businessman, owning the Bofors armaments factory and establishing numerous explosives plants across Europe. His profound legacy stems from his will, which bequeathed his vast fortune to establish the prestigious Nobel Prizes, honouring those who confer the greatest benefit to humankind in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
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⁠Robert ⁠Hall, Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize

The two Americans have been honoured for their work on ‘smoothing out economic peaks and troughs’.

Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle

The scientists were honoured for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

A bust of Alfred Nobel in the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Henri B. Kagan, who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on mirror images in chemical molecules, in 2009. Photo: Academie des Sciences via AP
Japanese chemist Kenso Soai, who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, leaves home for a press conference, in Shiki, Saitama prefecture, on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo News via AP
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