2015 Nobel Prizes

none The 2015 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.A complete list of 2015's Nobel Prize winners https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/12/2015s-nobel-prize-winners-peace/73811472/ 9 December 2024 USA TODAY en-US Nobel Week took place from 6 to 12 December, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.Royen Ulrika 14 July 2016 Video - The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-2015-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony/ 2024-12-09 NobelPrize.org en-US2016-01-28 Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2015-2015/ 2024-12-09 NobelPrize.org en-US 2026 06 02 , the 2015 Nobel Prizes remain the earliest awards where all non-organization laureates are alive. Prizes Physics +Awardee(s)100x100pxTakaaki Kajita (b. 1959)Japan Japanese"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/summary/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240506235854/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/summary/ 6 May 2024 5 October 2015 Nobel Foundation87x87pxArthur B. McDonald (b. 1943)Canada Canadian Chemistry Awardee(s)112x112pxTomas Lindahl (b. 1938)Sweden Swedish United Kingdom British"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2015/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170615224214/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2015/ 15 June 2017 14 June 2017 Nobel Foundation112x112pxPaul L. Modrich (b. 1946)United States American113x113pxAziz Sancar (b. 1946)Turkey Turkish Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)75x75pxWilliam C. Campbell (b. 1930)Ireland United States"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20151005173004/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/index.html 5 October 2015 5 October 2015 Nobel Foundation84x84pxSatoshi Ōmura (b. 1935)Japan75x75pxTu Youyou (b. 1930)China"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria" Literature 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)106x106pxSvetlana Alexievich (b. 1948)Belarus (born in Soviet Ukraine)"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2015/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150921083825/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2015/ 21 September 2015 8 October 2015 Nobel Foundation Peace 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Awardee(s)75x75pxTunisian National Dialogue Quartet (2013–2014)Tunisia"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011."The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2015/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20151009130705/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2015/press.html 2015-10-09 2022-03-02 Nobel Foundation Economic Sciences Awardee(s)113x113pxAngus Deaton (b. 1945)United Kingdom United States"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2015/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20151005163219/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2015/ 2015-10-05 2015-10-12 Nobel Foundation Reactions Physics While the Physics Prize was not inherently disputed, some scientists discussed whether the Nobel Foundation's written citation for Kajita and McDonald's awarding was correct, leading to a technical debate about the definition of a "neutrino oscillation" and whether their experiments showed such a phenomenon.Did the Nobel committee get the physics wrong? https://www.science.org/content/article/did-nobel-committee-get-physics-wrong#:~:text=In%20an%20unusual%20paper,%20a,prove%20that%20neutrinos%20have%20mass. 2024-12-09 Science en Physiology or Medicine During the COVID-19 pandemic, the awarding of Ivermectin was sometimes invoked in order to justify the medication's usage as a treatment for the Coronavirus. However, Campbell and Ōmura had been awarded for Ivermectin's effectiveness specifically against parasitic infections.Fact Check: 2015 Nobel Prize for ivermectin intended for treatment of parasitic infections doesn't prove its efficacy on COVID-19 https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/2015-nobel-prize-for-ivermectin-intended-for-treatment-of-parasitic-infections-d-idUSL1N2QB2XA/ Reuters References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:2015 awards