STOCKHOLM: Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf presented this year’s Nobel Prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine and economics in Stockholm on Sunday.
Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier and Pierre Agostini accepted the Nobel Prize in Physics for their collaborative work with electrons, reported German news agency (dpa).
The group found a way to generate extremely short light pulses that can be used to measure the extremely fast movement of electrons.
L’Huillier, who was born in France, is only the fifth woman to be honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the US-based researchers Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov, who were honoured for the discovery and development of quantum dots – which are used in modern Quantum Dot LED (QLED) televisions and can improve colour and image quality.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose work on mRNA technology enabled the development of coronavirus vaccines.
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to US economist Claudia Goldin for her research into the role of women in the labour market.
The awards had all been announced in October. The prizes, which were initiated by the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), are formally presented on the anniversary of his death, Dec 10. – BERNAMA-dpa
