The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious prizes that is given every year to people in different categories by the Nobel Foundation for their exceptional achievements in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economic Sciences, and Peace. The Nobel Prize is given from a fund that was bequeathed for that purpose by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist.
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He invented an explosive called dynamite. Thanks to this invention, he became rich. He decided to use the money to honour people who helped humankind in some way. The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10, 1901.
Originally, the prizes were awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, and Peace. In 1968, a sixth category was added in the field of Economic Sciences.
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Nobel Prizes are awarded annually on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. The Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Economics are customarily awarded at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize is customarily awarded at its own ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
This year, the Nobel Prize Winners are:
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
1. John Hopfield
“for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”
Prize Money: $1.1 million which will be shared equally by the two winners.
2. Geoffrey Hinton
“for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”
Prize Money: $1.1 million which will be shared equally by the two winners.
1. David Baker
“for computational protein design”
Prize Money: The total prize money is $1.1 million, with one half to David Baker and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
2. Demis Hassabis
“for protein structure prediction”
Prize Money: The total prize money is $1.1 million, with one half to David Baker and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
3. John Jumper
“for protein structure prediction”
Prize Money: $1.1 million
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024
1. Victor Ambros
“for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation”
Prize Money: $1.1 million
2. Gary Ruvkun
“for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation”
Prize Money: $1.1 million
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
1. Han Kang
“for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”
Prize Money: $915,000 million
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024
1. Nihon Hidankyo
“for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”
Prize Money: $1 million
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024
1. Daron Acemoglu
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”
Prize Money: Around $1 million which will be shared equally by the three winners.
2. Simon Johnson
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”
Prize Money: Around $1 million which will be shared equally by the three winners.
3. James Robinson
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”
Prize Money: Around $1 million which will be shared equally by the three winners.
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