Schlimazl Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It is this time of year again. The Prize for Physiology and medicine was awarded today one half to John O'Keefe and second half jointly to May-Britt and Edward Moser, neuroscientists all, for the discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Physics Prize are to be awarded tomorrow, Chemistry Prize the day after tomorrow, while Peace Prize will be awarded to some lucky individual, organization, country or perhaps even a continent at Friday. The Literature Prize, which is discussed at detail here:http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/64701-nobel-literature-prize-speculation-now-for-2014/page-9 will be traditionally awarded at Thursday. Finally, Memorial Prize for Economic Scientists will be awarded Monday 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The Prize for Physiology and medicine was awarded today one half to John O'Keefe and second half jointly to May-Britt and Edward Moser, neuroscientists all, for the discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. I guess this is the first time one of the science prizes have been awarded to psychologists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering forum addict Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I think the physics prize will go to Guth, Linde and possibly someone else for inflation. But then I've been thinking that every year for the past five years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 BICEP2 in Physics for the best measurements of dust in the universe (maybe they can jointly share it with Planck, after all, I understand they shared slides) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 BICEP2 in Physics for the best measurements of dust in the universe (maybe they can jointly share it with Planck, after all, I understand they shared slides) :) :bowdown: :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Physics has gone 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” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Physics has gone 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” I suppose this answers the question of how many Nobel Laureates it takes to change a lightbulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlimazl Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Chemistry prize was jointly awarded today to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner, physicists all, "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy" I guess this is the first time one of the science prizes have been awarded to psychologists.That depends on whether you count economics as a science and whether the Economics Prize really counts as proper Nobel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Thursday Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I suppose this answers the question of how many Nobel Laureates it takes to change a lightbulb. I laughed. Thanks for that :). ST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Chemistry prize was jointly awarded today to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner, physicists all, "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy" Nitpick: Moerner is not a physicist. He's a physical chemist. I met him years ago during an internship, but I am sure he'd never remember me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 That depends on whether you count economics as a science and whether the Economics Prize really counts as proper Nobel. The first count is debatable, the latter isn't. The Economics Prize is just some award the Swedish Academy have, must not be confused with the Nobel Prizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU-RAY Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nitpick: Moerner is not a physicist. He's a physical chemist. I met him years ago during an internship, but I am sure he'd never remember me.I took two classes from him - freshman seminar (like 8 people! man, we didn't know how good we had it) on lasers, and then statistical mechanics junior or senior year. Super smart dude, and possibly the single nerdiest person I've ever met.(He probably wouldn't remember me, either, fwiw.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suttree Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Physics has gone 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” Go Guachos! Thank you Shuji Nakamura for driving up that interest on my degree. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 The press relase for the chemistry prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/press.html Here are two diagrams that summarize the two techniques rewarded in this prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/fig4_singlemolecule_microscopy.pdf http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/fig2_stedmicroscopy.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I don't fucking love I fucking love science, but I fucking love microscopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlimazl Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 So Peace prize is tomorrow, Unibet has opened a betting on the winner. According to the bookies the favourites are:Pope Franciscus the First of His Name for good public relations agents, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege who specializes on treating gang-rape victims, Novaya Gazetta for being anti-Putin and because newspaper getting an award will be a new milestone for the Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai who we all remember well from last year and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for his easily observable success of mediating peaceful resolutions to international conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosesskrift Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Also the president of Tunisia together with the country's largest union. My preferred winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlimazl Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 And the joint winners are Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai, from India and Pakistan respectively, for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crixus Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 As a Paki, I'm pleased and proud. I don't think these prizes are at all significant, but for a change it's a positive bit of recognition for Pakistan, so I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 The first count is debatable, the latter isn't. The Economics Prize is just some award the Swedish Academy have, must not be confused with the Nobel Prizes. The Economics prize is awarded by the National Bank of Sweden, no the Swedish Academy. (they do literature) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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