2016 Nobel Prize Winners

Two professors at American universities on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to the understanding of contracts and how they apply to such arrangements as performance-based pay for top executives.

Three scientists who created tiny molecular machines received a huge honor Wednesday — the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Scientists who created tiny molecular machines and illuminated the properties of exotic states of matter were among those honored with Nobel Prizes this year.

While the 2016 science Nobel laureates hailed from well outside the Golden State, three local universities celebrated two winners with a California connection: physics laureate Duncan Haldane and chemistry laureate Fraser Stoddart.

Three scientists who elucidated the mysterious properties of exotic states of matter were honored Tuesday with the Nobel Prize in physics.

A Japanese scientist whose experiments explored the machinery by which cells recycle their dilapidated or unwanted contents won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday.

Not every scientific study can be about weighty topics, like gravity waves or gene editing.