The University of Dundee Physics Department is hosting a week long visit from Nobel Prize winner Professor Zhores Alferov.

US trio Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson have won the 2007 Nobel Economics Prize for their pioneering work on how to design solutions for complex economic and social tasks.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology 2007 winners are the following scientists "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"

An international exhibition showcasing 100 years of the Nobel Prize has opened at the University of Technology in Sydney. The exhibition, "Beautiful Minds, the Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prizes," features works by past winners.