2020 Nobel Prize winners

[Sylvia]

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice "for the discovery of Hepatitis C v*rus."

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus"

www.nobelprize.org

BBC article:

Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Hepatitis C discovery

The virus is a major cause of liver cancer and can lead to people needing a liver transplant.

www.bbc.com

ETA:

The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their prize decisions as follows:

Physiology or Medicine - Monday 5 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliest
Physics - Tuesday 6 October, 11:45 CEST at the earlies
Chemistry - Wednesday 7 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest
Literature - Thursday 8 October, 13:00 CEST at the earliest
Peace - Friday 9 October, 11:00 CEST
Economic Sciences - Monday 12 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest

All announcements will be streamed live here:

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[Sylvia]

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity", the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy."

Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity", the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object...

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Black hole breakthroughs win Nobel physics prize

Three scientists including the UK's Roger Penrose have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

www.bbc.com

 

[Lara]

And the Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”. Very well deserved!!!

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing"

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Small skating connection too - Nathan Chen’s sister got her PhD under Doudna. As if one overachiever in the family wasn’t enough.

 

[bardtoob]

Berkeley is certainly pushing back on the idea that they have been surpassed by UCLA with Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry in the same year

 

[MsZem]

And the Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”. Very well deserved!!!

Girl power! This is the first time that two women have won a science Nobel together (with no men involved).

Two female CRISPR scientists make history, winning Nobel Prize in chemistry for genome-editing discovery

Two scientists have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of a method for rewriting the code of life.

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And for recent research, too - not always the case with Nobel prizes.

Berkeley is certainly pushing back on the idea that they have been surpassed by UCLA with Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry in the same year

UCLA has a physics laureate too, though

 

[bardtoob]

UCLA has a physics laureate too, though

One Nobel Prize for the Baby Bear, and two Nobel Prizes for the Big Bear

 

[bardtoob]

Girl power! This is the first time that two women have won a science Nobel together (with no men involved).

In all seriousness, thank goodness! It beats what used to happen {{cough, cough Rosalind Franklin}}

 

[MsZem]

American poet Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize in literature.

Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel prize in literature

The Swedish Academy has chosen the American poet, citing her ‘unmistakable poetic voice’

www.theguardian.com

 

[missing]

I took a creative writing class my senior year in high school and Louise Gluck came to lecture us. I remember very little about it except she was emotionally quite dark.

Her younger sister Tereze was maybe a year behind my brother in school and two years ahead of me (it could have been two years behind my brother and one ahead of me- I honestly don't remember) and she was the only person in high school that was known and liked by both my brother and me. If Louise was darkness, Tereze was light.

So Louise winning the Nobel Prize is very exciting for me (and for a friend of mine from high school who just called to say she and Tereze had been in gym class together).

 

[MsZem]

I took a creative writing class my senior year in high school and Louise Gluck came to lecture us. I remember very little about it except she was emotionally quite dark.

Her younger sister Tereze was maybe a year behind my brother in school and two years ahead of me (it could have been two years behind my brother and one ahead of me- I honestly don't remember) and she was the only person in high school that was known and liked by both my brother and me. If Louise was darkness, Tereze was light.

So Louise winning the Nobel Prize is very exciting for me (and for a friend of mine from high school who just called to say she and Tereze had been in gym class together).

The Glück sisters are relatives of a good friend of mine. I definitely met Tereze when my friend and I were in the US together, but we can't remember if we also met Louise

 

[MsZem]

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the World Food Programme.

Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded To World Food Programme

Honoring the humanitarian group, the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo cites the "need for international solidarity."

www.npr.org

 

[Sylvia]

Reaction of David Beasley, Executive Director for the UN World Food Programme, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize:
https://twitter.com/WFPChief/status/1314508264378454016

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Reaction of David Beasley, Executive Director for the UN World Food Programme, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize:
https://twitter.com/WFPChief/status/1314508264378454016

Meet Foxtrot:

Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The Dog (aka The Mascot Of WFP)

The U.N. World Food Programme has a canine mascot named Foxtrot. Reports are that the pooch is rolling over with joy at the news of the prize.

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