1 |
Physics |
one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne |
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves" |
2 |
Chemistry |
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson |
"for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution" |
3 |
Peace |
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) |
"for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapon." |
4 |
Physiology or Medicine |
Jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young |
"for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm" |
5 |
Literature |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
In his novels, uncovered the chasm beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world |
6 |
Economic Sciences |
Richard H. Thaler |
"for his contributions to behavioural economics" |
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