The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton
John Hopfield created a structure that can store and reconstruct information. Geoffrey Hinton invented a method that can independently discover properties in data, which has become important for the artificial neural networks now in use.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 - David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper
University of Washington computational biologist professor David Baker has succeeded in building new kinds of proteins. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have developed an AI model to solve a 50-year-old problem: predicting proteins’ complex structures. These discoveries hold enormous potential.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 – Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
Victor Ambros (L) of the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) Chan Medical School and Gary Ruvkun (R) of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation. MicroRNAs are proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 – Han Kang
South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” She is known for her works like ‘The Vegatarian’, ‘Human Acts’ and ‘Greek Lessons’.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 – Nihon Hidankyo
The efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha (movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki) to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize 2024.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 – Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson demonstrated a relationship between institutions and prosperity by examining various political and economic systems introduced by European colonisers. (In Pic: James Robinson)
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