Nobel Prize Winners in 2023 List, Name and Fields

 

The Nobel Prize winners in 2023 represent a diverse range of fields and disciplines, but they are all united by their extraordinary contributions to humanity. Their work has had a profound impact on our understanding of the world around us and on our ability to solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, honoring individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics. The prizes are awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation, based on the will of Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.

Nobel Prize 2023, Date and Time

The 2023 Nobel Prize announcements will take place from October 2 to October 9, 2023, at the earliest. All of the announcements will be streamed live at nobelprize.org. The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2023 prize decisions as follows:

• Physiology or Medicine: Monday, October 2, at 11:30 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
• Physics: Tuesday, October 3, at 11:45 CEST
• Chemistry: Wednesday, October 4, at 11:45 CEST
• Literature: Thursday, October 5, at 13:00 CEST
• Peace: Friday, October 6, at 11:00 CEST
• The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Monday, October 9, at 11:45 CEST

Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine 

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, which have played a pivotal role in the fight against COVID-19. Their discoveries have the potential to revolutionize the way we prevent and treat infectious diseases.

The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020. Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.

Nobel Prize 2023 in Physics

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”. This year Nobel Laureates in Physics 2023 are being recognised for their experiments, which have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier have demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy.

Fast-moving events flow into each other when perceived by humans, just like a film that consists of still images is perceived as continual movement. If we want to investigate really brief events, we need special technology. In the world of electrons, changes occur in a few tenths of an attosecond, an attosecond is so short that there are as many in one second as there have been seconds since the birth of the universe.

The laureates’ experiments have produced pulses of light so short that they are measured in attoseconds, thus demonstrating that these pulses can be used to provide images of processes inside atoms and molecules.

Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry

Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”.  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 rewards the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove tumour tissue, among many other things. The Nobel Prize amount for 2023 is set at Swedish kronor (SEK) 11.0 million per full Nobel Prize.

What is Quantum dots?

Quantum dots now illuminate computer monitors and television screens based on QLED technology. They also add nuance to the light of some LED lamps, and biochemists and doctors use them to map biological tissue.

Quantum dots are thus bringing the greatest benefit to humankind. Researchers believe that in the future they could contribute to flexible electronics, tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and encrypted quantum communication – so we have just started exploring the potential of these tiny particles.

Nobel Prize 2023 in Literature

• Thursday, 5 October by The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd

The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, “in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction”. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by Nobel’s 1895 will. The prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Swedish Academy.

Nobel Prize 2023 in Peace

• Friday, 6 October by The Norwegian Nobel Committee, The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Norska Nobelinstitutet)

Nobel Prize 2023 in Economics

• Monday, 9 October by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Check the List of the Nobel Prize 2023 Winners 

Nobel Prize Category	Announcement Date	Venue	Winners
Physiology or Medicine	Monday, 2 October	Karolinska Institutet, Solna	Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
Physics	Tuesday, 3 October	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm	Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier
Chemistry	Wednesday, 4 October	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm	Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov
Literature	Thursday, 5 October	The Swedish Academy, Stockholm
Peace	Friday, 6 October	Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences	Monday, 9 October	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm