Prize

“We're the only ones that truly know what it took to arrive to this point in our journey.”— Alex Eala said this while emotionally addressing her team in the stands after the final.

“While any ceasefire or de-escalation in Ukraine is welcome, a local truce alone -- in a war riddled with broken truces -- won’t win the First Lady the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in 2027.”— Timothy D. Sisk, professor of international and comparative politics at the University of Denver, told Newsweek by email, commenting on whether Melania Trump’s ceasefire efforts could improve her chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

“I am here. With you all.”— María Corina Machado posted this message on X shortly before appearing in public in Venezuela.

I have to emphasise how lucky I was. Because when we started this project, everybody realised this was maybe a good idea, but very few thought it would work, including myself.

— Francis Halzen, speaking at a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, about how lucky his idea was

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemistry puzzle that has endured for over a century: How can homochirality arise spontaneously? The chemical reactions they developed are spectacular.

— Said by Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, on the significance of Kagan and Soai's work.