- 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.
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