Nobel Prizes 2015

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freyar

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Well, I tagged this as "science," but it could probably equally well go under "technology" or even "art." Anyway, it always seemed like we could a place to discuss the Nobel prizes each year. I'll update the prize announcements throughout the week. Have at it!

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine said:
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".
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Nobel Prize in Physics said:
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass."
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry said:
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair".
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Nobel Prize in Literature said:
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".
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Nobel Peace Prize said:
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".
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I find it funny that the disaster movie folks chose to honor Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald long before the Nobel committee: in the movie "2012" - "The Neutrinos are mutating!" is a (comically horrible) restatement of their work.
 

I find it mildly frustrating sometimes when I see a Facebook meme saying someone who did something heroic should get the Nobel Peace Prize, and that not giving it to them makes the awards corrupt and stupid stupid stupid! That's not what the Nobel Peace Prize is for, any more than the Nobel Prize in Physics would be appropriate. There are other civilian bravery awards for personal acts of heroism.
 

Chemistry today... that's an "applied science" award in medicine and two "basic science" awards in physics and chemistry...
 


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