Nobel Prizes and Laureates 1997
1. Nobel Laureates - Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips
Field - Physics
Contribution - Development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
2. Nobel Laureates - Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker.
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - For their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate.
3. Nobel Laureates - Jens C. Skou
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - For the first discovery of an ion - transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase.
4. Nobel Laureates - Stanley B. Prusiner
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discovery of Prions a new biological principle of infection.
5. Nobel Laureates - Dario Fo
Field - Literature
Contribution - Who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.
6. Nobel Laureates - International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and Jody Williams.
Field - Peace
Contribution - For their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines
7. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize - Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes
Field - Economic Sciences
Contribution - For a new method to determine the value of derivatives.