NOBEL PRIZES 2008

Physics:
Yoichiro Nambu "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics" Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"Arrow link

Chemistry:
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"Arrow link

Physiology or Medicine:
Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer" and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"Arrow link

Literature:
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"Arrow link

Peace:
Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"

Economics : The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008
Paul Krugman "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"