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Noble Prize 2022
The announcement of the Noble Prize 2022 took place on October 3, 2022, and continued till October 10, 2022. The Noble Prize 2022 winners received a cash prize of 10,00,000 Swedish Krona. The Nobel Prize was given out for the first time in 1901, and since then, 989 laureates and organisations have received it 615 times.
In 2022, the Nobel Prizes were given to fourteen laureates for their contributions that had the most positive impact on humanity. Their research encompasses everything including war crime documentation, click chemistry, paleogenomics etc.
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Noble Prize 2022 Winners List
The recipients of the Nobel Prize 2022 are listed below. Let’s have a look at the Nobel Prize 2022 Winners List.
Nobel Prize 2022 Winners List |
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Nobel Prize Category | Nobel Prize Laureates | Awarded For |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
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For their work on entangled photon experiments, proving the violation of Bell inequalities, and developing the field of quantum information science. |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
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For the establishment of the foundations of click chemistry & bioorthogonal chemistry and also took chemistry into the functionalism era. |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | Svante Paabo | For his research on the extinct hominid genomes and the evolution of humans. |
Nobel Prize in Literature | Annie Ernaux | For the bravery and clinical acuity with which she reveals the origins, estrangements, and collective restrictions of personal memory. |
Noble Prize in Economics |
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For research on financial crises and banks. |
Nobel Peace Prize |
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For encouraging the right to criticise power and protect the citizen’s fundamental rights. |
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Nobel Prize List From 1901 to 2022
Nobel Prize | Number of Prizes | Number of Laureates | Awarded to one Laureate | Shared by two Laureates | Shared by three Laureates |
Physics | 116 | 222 | 47 | 32 | 37 |
Chemistry | 114 | 189 | 63 | 24 | 26 |
Medicine | 113 | 225 | 40 | 34 | 39 |
Literature | 115 | 119 | 111 | 4 | – |
Peace | 104 | 110+30 | 69 | 31 | 3 |
Economic Sciences | 54 | 92 | 25 | 20 | 9 |
Total | 615 | 989 | 355 | 146 | 114 |
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