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."
- Interviews
- About their work
- Lectures
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."
- Interviews
- About their work
- Lectures
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."
- Interviews
- About their work
- Lectures
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."
- Interview
- About their work
- Lecture (Speech at Award Ceremony)
- by Beatrice Fihn (Head of ICAN) and Setsuko Thurlow (Survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing)
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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