Nobel Prizes 2006
Chemistry
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Roger D. Kornberg
"for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription"
Economic Sciences
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Edmund S. Phelps
"for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy"
Literature
- The Nobel Prize in Literature
Orhan Pamuk
"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
Peace
- The Nobel Peace Prize
Muhammad Yunus
"for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
"for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
Physics
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
John C. Mather
"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
George F. Smoot
"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
Physiology or Medicine
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Andrew Z. Fire
"for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA"
Craig C. Mello
"for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA"