Maria Goeppert Mayer changed the field of nuclear physics by explaining the structure of atomic nuclei. She developed a model in which nucleons were distributed in shells with different energy levels – the nuclear shell model. #NobelPrize pic.x.com/TLfIdAzUdr

Eugenio Montale’s first collection of poems, ‘Ossi di seppia’ (‘Bones of the Cuttlefish’) was published in 1925. Fifty years later he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and his work continues to inspire. Learn more: nobelprize.org/prizes/literat… #NobelPrize pic.x.com/d3udufdTba

Edwin Krebs and Edmond Fischer showed how proteins in the muscle cell make the energy supply accessible for muscular work and how the breakdown of glycogen to glucose is controlled in the skeletal muscles. Read more: bit.ly/2QBeJ95 #NobelPrize pic.x.com/Pov7nOLVaL

A number of researchers had tried to isolate fluorine its the free state, but it was very difficult to isolate the substance. By developing an ingenious apparatus, French chemist Henri Moissan succeeded on 26 June 1886. He was awarded the #NobelPrize in 1906. pic.x.com/WToIW0hBga

The American author Pearl Buck grew up in China and spoke both Chinese and English. She was awarded the #NobelPrize in Literature 1938 "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces." pic.x.com/bX8F8fnjuC

"Get your sleep. Your brain will thank you!" Words of wisdom from medicine laureate Oliver Smithies who was born #OnThisDay 100 years ago. In 2007, Smithies received the #NobelPrize for his work related to principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the pic.x.com/fpBxPqoB8G

”Do whatever turns you on. Whatever you are interested in and get excited about, that is what you should do.” Some words of wisdom to all young researchers and students from physicist Michael Kosterlitz. #NobelPrize pic.x.com/dhnTRBEDPj

Jean-Paul Sartre, born #OnThisDay in 1905, was the first person to voluntarily decline the #NobelPrize. In 1964, Sartre was awarded the literature prize, but he did not wish to accept the prize as he had always declined official honours. Learn more: bit.ly/2ZP590B pic.x.com/XKkX9Qe5yU

The Japanese word レントゲン (which means "X-ray") is derived from the name of the German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, who in 1901 became the first-ever winner of the #NobelPrize for Physics. #XRAY #translationthursday pic.x.com/lw8cGra6xe

#NobelPrize laureate Karl Landsteiner made a discovery that continues to save countless lives every day. He discovered and classified ABO human blood groups, which made safe blood transfusions possible. #WorldBloodDonorDay pic.x.com/uGIFfucJ8B

“In 1980, I was sentenced to death by the military regime. For six months in prison, I awaited the execution day.” In his #NobelPrize lecture, Kim Dae-jung shared the story of how he bravely struggled against authoritarian regimes in South Korea: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2… pic.x.com/rhtZneHIFX

“A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.” In his #NobelPrize lecture, renowned physicist C.V. Raman gave an insight into how his research into light scattering began. pic.x.com/21GZviTjds

Nobel Prize laureate Abdus Salam at the opening of @ictpnews building on 9 June 1968. Salam donated all his #NobelPrize money to benefit physicists in developing countries – one of the missions of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, which he founded. pic.x.com/rL2jFbGmdo

"Knowledge is our best common good." 2017 chemistry laureate Jacques Dubochet was awarded the prize “for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.” #NobelPrize pic.x.com/R5uojucVUI

Watch the very moment Ahmed Zewail received his Nobel Prize on 10 December 1999. Zewail was awarded the chemistry prize "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy." #NobelPrize pic.x.com/vOw61sRcBs

Two scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for experimentally proving that Niels Bohr’s hypotheses concerning the different states of the atom was correct. Learn more about the 1925 physics prize: nobelprize.org/prizes/physics… #NobelPrize pic.x.com/Ev5ygONlLD

When civil war in Liberia raged, peace laureate Leymah Gbowee stood with thousands of other women protesting for peace in their country. Their non-violent movement was decisive in ending the fourteen-year-long war in 2003. #NobelPrize pic.x.com/Xhn1nb7Ey4

"Our task is to try to understand the real world." Hear physics laureate Michael Kosterlitz speak about the role physicists have in the world and how to solve problems within that field. #NobelPrize pic.x.com/H33h9uRQmZ