The Nobel Prize Announcements in 2014

Nobel Prize in Physics 

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".

                                     

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy".

                                               

Nobel Prize in Physiology

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".

                                      

Nobel Prize in Literature 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarded to Patrick Modiano"for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"

                                                         

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