The Nobel Laurates of the year 2019 are given below :
A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor. The awards are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.
Princeton University, USA
“for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”
and the other half jointly to
Michel Mayor
University of Geneva, Switzerland
and
Didier Queloz
University of Geneva, Switzerland
University of Cambridge, UK
“for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
M. Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA
Akira Yoshino
Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
“for the development of lithium-ion batteries”
Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."
A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor. The awards are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
James PeeblesPrinceton University, USA
“for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”
and the other half jointly to
Michel Mayor
University of Geneva, Switzerland
and
Didier Queloz
University of Geneva, Switzerland
University of Cambridge, UK
“for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019
John B. GoodenoughThe University of Texas at Austin, USA
M. Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA
Akira Yoshino
Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
“for the development of lithium-ion batteries”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen.The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019
Austrian author Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."The Nobel Peace Prize 2019
Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."