See the full list of the Nobel Prize Laureates in 2018.
Physiology or Medicine
James P Allison
Tasuku Honjo
“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”
Physics
Arthur Ashkin
“for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”
Gerard Mourou
Donna Strickland
“for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”
Chemistry
Frances H. Arnold
“for the directed evolution of enzymes”
George P. Smith
Sir Gregory P. Winter
“for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”
Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 was cancelled after sexual assault allegations against Jean-Claude Arnault, who is married to Katarina Frostenson, an Academy Member. The Nobel Committee has decided to award two writers in 2019 and not to attribute the Nobel Prize 2018 “out of respect for previous and future literature laureates, the Nobel Foundation and the general public.” On October 1st, Jean-Claude Arnault has been sentenced to prison and jailed for rape.
Peace
Denis Mukwege
Nadia Murad
“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”
Economic Sciences
William D. Nordhaus
“for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”
Paul M. Romer
Sources:
Nobel Prize.org
Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal; The Guardian; Retrieved on 04/10/2018
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