Monday, 2 October 2017

Nobel Prize Laureates (2017)

Physiology or Medicine
Awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall (1/3), Michael Rosbash (1/3), and Michael W. Young (1/3), all from the USA, for "their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm."
The Prize is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute.

Physics
Awarded to Rainer Weiss of Germany (works in USA) (1/2), Barry C. Barish of USA (1/4), and Kip S. Thorne of USA (1/4), for "decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves."
The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Chemistry
Awarded to Jacques Dubochet of Switzerland (1/3),  Joachim Frank of Germany (working in USA) (1/3), and Richard Henderson of UK (1/3) for "developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution."
 The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Literature 

Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro of Japan (lives in UK), "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
The Prize is awarded by the Swedish Institute.

Peace 
Awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons made up of people and organizations from 100+ countries for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons."
The Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Economics 

Awarded to Richard H. Thaler of USA, for "his contributions to behavioural economics"
The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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