Nobel Prize winners 2008

Sl. No. Nobel Prize in Awardees Institute / Contribution

Organization
1 Physics (1/4) Makoto Kobayashi Japan's High Energy For discovering
Accelerator Research the origin of the
Organization 'broken
Physics (1/4) Toshihide Maskawa Yukawa Institute for symmetry' that
Theoretical Physics contributed to a
preponderance
of matter over
antimatter in the
Universe.
Physics (1/2) Yoichiro Nambu University of Chicago Showed that the
concept of
spontaneous
broken symmetry
can explain the
variety of
particles and
forces seen in
the quantum
world
2 Medicine (1/4) Françoise Barré- For their
Sinoussi groundbreaking
Medicine (1/4) Luc Montagnier work in
uncovering the
virus responsible
for Aids.
Medicine (1/2) Harald zur Hausen For making the
link between
HPV and cervical
cancer.
3 Chemistry (1/3) Osamu Shimomura Marine Biological Made it possible
Laboratory, Woods to exploit the
Hole, US genetic
Chemistry (1/3) Martin Chalfie Columbia University, mechanism
New York responsible for
Chemistry (1/3) Roger Tsien's University of luminosity in the
California, San Diego marine
creatures.
4 Literature (1) Jean-Marie Gustave Le French Novelist
Clezio
5 Peace (1) Martti Ahtisaari Finland's ex-
president has
been the UN
special envoy for
talks on the final
status of Kosovo,
and mediated a
2005 accord in
Indonesia's Aceh
province.