Nobel Prizes of 2013

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Physics

                     

    François Englert                                   Peter W. Higgs

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".

Chemistry

                

   Martin Karplus                   Michael Levitt                     Arieh Warshel

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development of multi scale models for complex chemical systems". 

Physiology or Medicine

           

   James E. Rothman             Randy W. Schekman            Thomas C. Südhof

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof"for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells".

Peace

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons".

Economic Sciences or Sveriges Riksbank Award

    

     Eugene F. Fama              Lars Peter Hansen           Robert J. Shiller

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller "for their empirical analysis of asset prices".

                      

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