In 2014, the Mosers were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery that cells constitute a positioning system in the brain, also known as our "inner GPS".
The Mydrals were interested in welfare issues and family politics. They were awarded the prizes in different years. While Gunnar won the Nobel for Economic Sciences in 1974 for research on interrelations between economic, social and political processes, Alva was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work countering nuclear proliferation.
Irene Joliot Curie was the eldest daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. She won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1935 along with her husband, Frederic. Frederic was an assistant of Irene's mother Marie and Irène taught him techniques around research in radioactivity. Together, they discovered artificial radioactivity and were recognised.
The couple was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 for their discovery of two new elements - polonium and radium - which were more radioactive than uranium.
The Coris won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1947 for their research work on glycogen and glucose metabolism. They were batchmates in medical school, got married and emigrated from Vienna to the US. They collaborated in almost all their research work on hormones and enzymes.