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• 2-9 October 2023

PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

"For their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19", an experiment  based on individual viral components, rather than whole viruses. 

PHYSICS

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier

"For experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter" that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy.

CHEMISTRY

Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov.

"For the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots", nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove tumor tissue, among many other things.

LITERATURE

Jon Fosse.

“For his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

PEACE

Narges Mohammadi.

"For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." In 2011 Ms Mohammadi was arrested for the first time and sentenced to many years of imprisonment for her efforts to assist incarcerated activists and their families.

ECONOMICS

Claudia Goldin.

"For having advanced our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes”, revealing the causes of structural change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap.

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