2018 Nobel Prizes

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The 2018 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. [1]

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Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm. [2] [3]

Prizes

Physics

Awardee(s)
Arthur Ashkin EM1B5678 (44417135450) (adjusted).jpg Arthur Ashkin

(1922–2020)

Flag of the United States.svg American"for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics", in particular "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems" [4]
Gerard Mourou, 2014.jpg Gérard Mourou

(b. 1944)

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg French"for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics", in particular "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"
Donna Strickland, OSA Holiday Party 2012.jpg Donna Strickland

(b. 1959)

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian

Chemistry

Awardee(s)
Frances Arnold 2012.png Frances Arnold

(b. 1956)

Flag of the United States.svg American"for the directed evolution of enzymes" [5]
George Smith EM1B5849 (31295409687).jpg George Smith

(b. 1941)

"for the phage display of peptides and antibodies"
Gregory Winter, 2016 (cropped).jpg Sir Gregory Winter

(b. 1951)

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British

Physiology or Medicine

Awardee(s)
James P. Allison (2015).JPG James P. Allison

(b. 1948)

Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation" [6]
Tasuku Honjo 201311.jpg Tasuku Honjo

(b. 1942)

Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Literature

Awardee(s)
Olga Tokarczuk-9730 (cropped).jpg Olga Tokarczuk

(b. 1962)

Flag of Poland.svg  Poland "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life" [7]

Peace

Awardee(s)
Denis Mukwege 2018.jpg Denis Mukwege

(b. 1955)

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict." [8]
Nadia Murad, 2015 (cropped).jpg Nadia Murad

(b. 1993)

Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq

Economic Sciences

Awardee(s)
William Nordhaus EM1B6043 (46234132921).jpg William Nordhaus

(b. 1941)

Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis" [9]
Paul Romer in 2005.jpg Paul Romer

(b. 1955)

"for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis"

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References

  1. ↑ "All Nobel Prizes 2018". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2018". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ↑ Peluchetti, Nicola (2018-12-06). "Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2018". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 Archived 3 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nobel Prize in Literature 2018". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 - Press Release". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  9. ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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