Noble prize for the year 2010:
*Nobel Prize in Economics 2010 shares 3 persons
They are (1) Peter A. Diamond (2) Dale T. Mortensen and (3) Christopher A. Pissarides for creating mathematical models which provide the framework for studying how such processes occur in the real world.
*Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo
The Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
*The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010-Mario Vargas Llosa
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat”.
*The Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry 2010- Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki
Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki were cited for their work in “palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.” That’s a way of joining together carbon atoms — using the element palladium as a catalyst — in a more efficient and precise way than was previously done. And joining together carbon atoms helps scientists do a lot of nifty things, including making medicines.
*Nobel Prize 2010 in physics goes to Russian born scientists
Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for “groundbreaking experiments” with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics.
*Robert Edwards-The Father of IVF Medicine Named As Nobel Prize Winner 2010
Robert Edwards, the British scientist who first founded the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technique as a means of conceiving a child to parents who failed to do so conservatively worldwide, has been awarded as the Nobel Prize winner for Physiology/Medicine contribution category this year by the Nobel Assembly.
