The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015
Takaaki Kajita
Born: 1959, Higashimatsuyama, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Motivation for the prize: Observation of neutrino oscillations, revealing the mass of neutrinos.
Arthur B. McDonald
Born: 1943, Sydney, Canada
Membership at the time of the award: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Motivation for the prize: "Observation of neutrino oscillations, revealing the mass of neutrinos."
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
Tomas Lindahl
Born: 1938, Stockholm, Sweden
Affiliation when awarding the award: Francis Crick Institute, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Clare Hall Laboratory, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”
Paul Modrich
Born: 1946
Affiliation when awarding the award : Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Durham, NC, USA, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Prize motivation: “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”
Aziz Sancar
Born: 1946, Savur, Turkey
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Prize motivation: “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2015
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| William C. Campbell |
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| Satoshi Ōmura |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich has received the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". .
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015
National Dialogue Quartet
The NDQ (National Dialog Quartet) was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize "for its crucial contribution to creating a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia after the 2011 Jasmine Revolution."
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2015
Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton has received the 2015 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics in memory of Alfred Nobel "for his study of consumption, poverty and welfare." ..
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