Nobel Prizes 2012

Nobel Prize Physics

 

Serge Haroche                                                David J. Wineland         

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

 Nobel Prize Chemistry

 Robert J. Lefkowitz                                    Brian K. Kobilka

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine

   Shinya Yamanaka                                       Sir John B. Gurdon

 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 was awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"

 

 Nobel Prize Literature

Mo Yan

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to Mo Yan "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".

Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Prize Economics

European Union (EU)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) "for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe".

Nobel Prize Economics

         

   Alvin E. Roth                                           Lloyd S. Shapley

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012 was awarded jointly to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design"