Nobel Prizes and Laureates 2011
1. Nobel Laureates - Dan Shechtman
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - for the discovery of quasicrystals.
2. Nobel Laureates - Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.
3. Nobel Laureates - Ralph M. Steinman
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
4. Nobel Laureates - Tomas Transtromer
Field - Literature
Contribution - Through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality
5. Nobel Laureates - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman.
Field - Peace
Contribution - for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work.
6. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize - Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims
Field - Economic Sciences
Contribution - For their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.