Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist. While Nobel was in school, he met an Italian chemist named Ascanio Sobrero who discovered nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is very unsafe because it could blow up ...

Nitroglycerin was first used in 1867 to excavate the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, Massachusetts. That same year, Swedish physicist Alfred Nobel patented another blasting explosive called dynamite.

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly ...

The quote is from the will of Swedish businessman - and inventor of dynamite - Alfred Nobel. He left most of his fortune in a fund to launch the awards, which were first presented in 1901.

This year it is highly probably that two authors will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Prize for 1949 was held over because the members of the Swedish Academy could not agree on any ...

Swedish industrialist and chemist Alfred Nobel founded the prizes in his will, written in 1895 - a year before his death. Follow Paul on Twitter. Artwork: Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won in ...

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The Saxon Inn, Alfred University's boutique, on-campus, 25-room hotel, invites visitors from near and far to experience an elevated stay here on Alfred's beautiful valley campus. Future students, ...

This place makes us who we always wanted to be. Alfred University. Outside of Ordinary. The best way to find out if Alfred University feels like home is to experience the magic in our valley—whether ...

Built across 14 of the 20,000 islands that shelter the city from the Baltic Sea, Stockholm is not only beautiful, it is also a haven of scientific thought, boasting the likes of Alfred Nobel ...

Alfred Konuwa is a Forbes writer/contributor who covers pro wrestling news and analysis, focusing on WWE, AEW and everything in between. He’s interviewed John Cena, Charlotte Flair, Cody Rhodes ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...