The latest round of Nobel Prizes has begun rolling out this week, with announcements spread across several days. The announcements start Monday with the medicine or physiology award. This year, the honor has been awarded to scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for “their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”.

This announcement wraps up on 13 October with the economics prize. Each winner will receive 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million)-and instant recognition in global science and culture circles. The awards also cover physics, chemistry, literature, and peace.

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Alfred Nobel - the man behind the world’s most prestigious awards - was not a typical inventor. The Swedish chemist made a fortune from his

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