2008 Nobel Prize
12
laureates
6
fields
2008
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics
for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics (Phys. Rev. 117 (1960) 648; Phys. Rev. 122 (1961) 345-358; Phys. Rev. 124 (1961) 246-254)
United States of America
for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature (Progress of Theoretical Physics 49 (1973) 652-657)
Japan
Japan
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
Japan
United States of America
United States of America
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Discovery of human papillomaviruses causing cervical cancer
Germany
Discovery of human immunodeficiency virus
France
France
Nobel Prize in Literature
author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization
France,
Mauritius
Nobel Peace Prize
for his efforts to resolve the armed conflict in Aceh, Indonesia
Finland
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity
United States of America