Noble Prizes 2014

Nobel Prizes 2014

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura

"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014

Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser

"for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014

Patrick Modiano

"for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"

The Nobel Peace Prize 2014

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay

"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education"

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014

The 2014 Prize in Economic Sciences has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Monday 13 October, 1:00 p.m. CET at the earliest.

Noble Prize Winners 2014

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• › Medicine: John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser.
• › Physics: On October 7.
• › Chemistry: On October 8.
• › Literature: On October 9.
• › Peace: On October 10.
• › The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences: On October 13. 

List of 2013 Nobel Prize winners

For Medicine and Physiology: James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, Thomas C. Südhof

The Nobel committee said their research on “vesicle traffic” the transport system of our cells helped scientists understand how “cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time” inside cells.

For Physics: François Englert, Peter W. Higgs

They were awarded the prize for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.

For Chemistry: Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel

The Nobel Prize was awarded to them for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. 

For Literature: Alice Munro

Canadian writer Alice Munro, a thorough, but forgiving documenter of the human spirit, won the Nobel Prize in literature for being a “master of the contemporary short story."

For Peace: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awareded the peace prize “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”.

For Economics: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded to them " for their empirical analysis of asset prices."