U.S. dominates list of Nobel Prize winners
Meredith Louise Carr
Issue date: 10/15/09 Section: News
This years' Nobel Prize winners were announced last week, with a number of American citizens honored for their achievements.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Elizabeth H. Blackburn (United States), Carol W. Greider (United States) and Jack W. Szostak (United States), "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase."
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Charles K. Kao (United Kingdom/China) "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and to Willard S. Boyle (United States) and George E. Smith (United States) "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit-the CCD sensor."
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (United Kingdom), Thomas A. Steitz (United States) and Ada E. Yonath (Israel) "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack Obama (United States) "for his extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Elinor Ostrom (United States) "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" and to Oliver E. Williamson (United States) "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Ostrom is the first woman to be awarded the Prize in Economics.
Each of the Nobel Prize Laureates receive all or share a portion of $1.4 million for each prize.
The award ceremonies will take place later this year in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Elizabeth H. Blackburn (United States), Carol W. Greider (United States) and Jack W. Szostak (United States), "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase."
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Charles K. Kao (United Kingdom/China) "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and to Willard S. Boyle (United States) and George E. Smith (United States) "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit-the CCD sensor."
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (United Kingdom), Thomas A. Steitz (United States) and Ada E. Yonath (Israel) "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack Obama (United States) "for his extraordinary effort to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Elinor Ostrom (United States) "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" and to Oliver E. Williamson (United States) "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Ostrom is the first woman to be awarded the Prize in Economics.
Each of the Nobel Prize Laureates receive all or share a portion of $1.4 million for each prize.
The award ceremonies will take place later this year in Stockholm, Sweden.
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