Tasuku Honjo receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.

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Nobel Prizes 2018

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

“for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”

Arthur Ashkin

Arthur Ashkin

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“for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”

Gérard Mourou

Gérard Mourou

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“for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”

Donna Strickland

Donna Strickland

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

“for the directed evolution of enzymes”

Frances H. Arnold

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“for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”

George P. Smith

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“for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”

Sir Gregory P. Winter

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018

“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”

James P. Allison

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“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”

Tasuko Honjo

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2018

“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”

Denis Mukwege

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“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”

Nadia Murad

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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2018

“for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis”

William D. Nordhaus

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“for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis”

Paul M. Romer

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