Nobel Prize 2009: Winners

Physics

1. Charles K. Kao,
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
2. Willard S. Boyle
3. George E. Smith
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"


Chemistry

1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,
2. Thomas A. Steitz
3. Ada E. Yonath
"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"


Medicine

1. Elizabeth H. Blackburn,
2. Carol W. Greider
3. Jack W. Szostak
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"


Medicine

1. Herta Müller,
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"

Peace

1. Barak Obama,
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"