Nobel Prize in Economics 2015

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 was awarded to Angus Deaton "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare". Here are the details: * British economist Angus Deaton won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.  * "To design economic policy that promotes welfare and reduces poverty, we must...

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". Here are the details: * Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union which the Swedish Academy said was "a monument to suffering and courage in our time."  * Alexievich's work includes a series of books...

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Nobel Peace Prize 2015

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011". Here are the details: * The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in...

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to Takaaki Kajita Super-Kamiokande Collaboration University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and Arthur B. McDonald Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass” Check more details: * The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said...

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.   Here are the details: * The Nobel judges...

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List of Nobel Prize Winners 2014- PDF Download

Friends.. the Royal Swedish Academy has announced the Nobel Prizes for the year 2014 during October 2014. Here is the complete list of winners. Download as PDF- Click Here Area Recipients Awarded for 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" Physics ...

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Nobel prize for Economics 2014

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2014 to Jean Tirole Toulouse 1 Capitole University, France “for his analysis of market power and regulation”. --> Tirole is the third French Laureate awarded the prize in Economic Sciences. --> Tirole who has used game theory in an attempt to find ways to control the dominance of major companies...

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Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to 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 press release issued by the Norwegian Nobel Committee read as follows: --> Children must go to school and not be financially exploited.  In the poor countries of the...

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Nobel Prize in Literature for 2014 to Patrick Modiano

Nobel Prize in Literature for 2014  The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2014 is awarded to the French author 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”. -->  Paris' literary doyen Patrick Modiano has won literature's most coveted price for his unparalleled mastery in portraying loss and legacy. --> The 69-years-old...

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2014

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2014 announced  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2014 to Eric Betzig Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA, Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany and William E. Moerner Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA “for...

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Nobel Prize for Physics 2014

Nobel Prize for Physics 2014 announced  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 to Isamu Akasaki Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and Nagoya University, Japan Hiroshi Amano Nagoya University, Japan and Shuji Nakamura University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white...

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 announced  The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided with one half to John O´Keefe and the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain" --> Keefe is currently director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London. -->...

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List of Nobel Prize Winners 2013

List of Nobel Prize Winners 2013 On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace - the Nobel Prizes. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Here is the list of Nobel Prize Winners 2013!! Download...

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Nobel Prize in Economics 2013

Nobel Prize in Economics 2013 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2013 to Eugene F. Fama University of Chicago, IL, USA Lars Peter Hansen University of Chicago, IL, USA and Robert J. Shiller Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA "for their empirical analysis of asset prices”...

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