Nobel Prize Winner 2014
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014:
Isamu Akasaki (Japan), Hiroshi Amano(Japan) and Shuji
Nakamura(Japan)
"for the invention of efficient blue
light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and
energy-saving white light sources".
The Nobel
Prize in Chemistry 2014:
Eric Betzig(US), Stefan
W. Hell(Germany) and William E. Moerner(US)
"for the
development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy".
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014:
John O'Keefe(UK), May-Britt Moser(Norway) and Edvard I.
Moser(Norway)
"for their discoveries of cells that
constitute a positioning system in the brain".
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014:
Patrick Modiano (French)
"for the art of memory with
which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and
uncovered the life-world of the occupation".
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014:
Kailash Satyarthi
(India) and Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)
"for their
struggle against the suppression of children and young
people and for the right of all children to education".
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014:
Jean
Tirole(French)
"for his analysis of market power and
regulation".
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