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Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure.
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson won the prize “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”
The Nobel Committee said that the coronavirus pandemic has added to the hunger faced by millions of people around the world.
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the prize for discovering one of gene technology's sharpest tools.
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The Nobel Committee awarded half the prize for physics to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
The work of Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton has helped save millions of lives, the Nobel Committee said.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute also praised the “important reforms” that Ethiopia’s prime minister has launched at home.
Two Nobel Prizes in literature were announced after the 2018 literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that rocked the Swedish Academy.
Through their work, the laureates laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society.
The men were honored for discoveries that have offered a “new understanding of the universe’s structure and history.”