NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS LIST 2011

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011
Shall be divided, with one half jointly to
Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann
for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity
and
the other half to
Ralph M. Steinman
for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity


Nobel Prize in Physics 2011
one half to Saul Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess."for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"


Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011
Awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".


Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Awarded to Tomas Tranströmer "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".


Nobel Peace Prize 2011

Awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work".

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011

Awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy"

For more information: http://www.nobelprize.org/
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