Area | Recipients | Awarded for |
Physiology or Medicine 2014 | John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser | "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain" |
Physics | Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura. | “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources” |
Chemistry | Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner. | “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”. |
Literature | Patrick Modiano | “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”. |
Peace | Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay | for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. |
Economics | Jean Tirole | “for his analysis of market power and regulation”. |
List of Nobel Prize Winners 2014
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