The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced today. The announcement press conference will be available online at 11:45 am CET. Yesterday, The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to David Thouless, as well as F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.” The awarding committee says this year’s laureates “opened the door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states. They have used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states, of matter, such as superconductors, superfluids or thin magnetic films. Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter. Many people are hopeful of future applications in both materials science and electronics.” You can read more about the scientific background behind their work. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be announced on Monday, 10 October.