Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Ostrom showed how communities can manage shared resources such as fisheries and forests without state control or privatisation.

12 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Peace Prize

The award to the American president, less than a year after he took office, surprised many.

9 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Prize in Literature

The German writer grew up in Romania's German-speaking minority and was persecuted by the Ceaușescu regime.

8 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Ribosomes are the factories inside cells that make proteins.

7 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Prize in Physics

Kao showed how light could travel long distances through glass fibre, the basis of today's internet cables.

6 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Telomeres are the caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect them as cells divide.

5 October 2009 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2008 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Krugman explained why countries trade similar goods with each other and why economic activity concentrates in cities and regions.

13 October 2008 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2008 Nobel Peace Prize

The former president of Finland has worked to resolve conflicts from Namibia to Kosovo and Aceh in Indonesia.

10 October 2008 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2008 Nobel Prize in Literature

The French writer, who has lived in many countries, is known for novels including Desert.

9 October 2008 · Source: The Nobel Prize

Awards and Honours

2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Green fluorescent protein was first found in a jellyfish.

8 October 2008 · Source: The Nobel Prize