Chemistry was awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".
Physiology or Medicine was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity".
Literature was awarded to Tomas Tranströmer"because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".
Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
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No, Nobel Prize winners do not have to be alive at the time of nomination. The Nobel Prize can be awarded posthumously.
You can find a list of Nobel Peace Prize winners on the official Nobel Prize website or through reputable news sources such as BBC or CNN. The list is updated regularly to include recent winners and their achievements.
I'm unable to provide real-time information, but you can find the most recent Nobel Prize winners on the official Nobel Prize website.
USC has three Nobel Laureates on its faculty as of January 2011. Actually, USC has 4 Nobel Laureates
See the link below for Nobel Prize winners.
As far as I know, the nobel prize committee doesn't distinguish which of the prize recipients is "better" than others, nor am I aware of other popular "top" lists for nobel prize winners.
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As of 2021, there have been 27 Japanese Nobel Prize winners. This includes individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in various categories such as Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature.
That's "Nobel", not "Novel". You can find a list of Nobel Prize Winners in the Wikipedia article "List of Nobel laureates". This article has related links; for example, one that lists nobel prize winners by country. The article is "List of Nobel laureates by country".
There is no clear consensus on the political leaning of Nobel Prize winners. The group of laureates is diverse, representing a range of political beliefs and ideologies. It is not accurate to categorize Nobel Prize winners as predominantly liberal or conservative.
There are a lot of Nobel Prize winners, so that could potentially be a very long list.However, Nobel Prizes are generally not given for inventions, but for discoveries.