Nobel Prizes 2012


The Nobel Prize in Physics
Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"



The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"


The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"


The Nobel Prize in Literature
Mo Yan "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"


The Nobel Peace Prize
European Union (EU) "for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe"

The Prize in Economic Sciences
The 2012 Prize in Economic Sciences has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Monday 15 October, 1:00 p.m. CET at the earliest.