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Monthly OCTOBER 2015

2015 Nobel Prizes - For the Greatest Benefit to Mankind In his will, Alfred Nobel left much of his wealth to establish the Nobel Prizes, awards to those who had "conferred the greatest benefit to mankind". Nobelprize.org welcomes this year's 11 new Nobel Laureates: eight men, two women and one organization whose work range from the treatment of parasitic diseases to analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. All of the Laureates are introduced at Nobelprize.org with presentations, videos, photos and interviews! See all 2015 Nobel Laureates

2015 Medicine Prize Awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria. "These therapies, they save lives, they prevent disability and they prevent the spread of infections". Juleen Zierath of the Medicine Committee explains why this year's Medicine Prize is a good example of conferring the greatest benefit to mankind. Watch the video William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu. Ill. N. Elmehed. © Nobel Media AB 2015.

Takaaki Kajita, photo © Takaaki Kajita. Arthur B. McDonald, photo: K. MacFarlane. Queen's University/SNOLAB. 2015 Physics Prize Awarded for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. "And lo and behold, in 2002 we had an extremely clear result that showed that neutrinos do change from one type to the other." Physics Laureate Arthur B. McDonald was interviewed about the new prize immediately following the announcement. Listen to or read the interview

2015 Chemistry Prize Awarded for mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Our DNA is frequently damaged. This year's Chemistry Laureates "investigated and described in chemical detail important processes, repair pathways, that can correct these mistakes". Listen to an explanation of the Chemistry Prize, a prize that would have made Alfred Nobel "happy and proud". Listen to or read the interview Tomas Lindahl, photo: Cancer Research UK. Paul Modrich, photo: K. Wolf/AP Images for HHMI. Aziz Sancar, photo: M. Englund, UNC-School of Medicine.

Svetlana Alexievich, photo Margarita Kabakova/Ersatz AB. 2015 Literature Prize Awarded for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time. "It's a history of emotions, what she is offering us is really an emotional world". Here, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, gives a short introduction to Svetlana Alexievich's writing. Watch the interview

2015 Peace Prize Awarded for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. "An inspiration to all those who seek to promote peace and democracy", said Kaci Kullmann Five of the Norwegian Nobel Committee when she announced the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Watch the announcement

Angus Deaton, photo: Princeton University. 2015 Prize in Economic Sciences Awarded for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. "My first thought was 'Oh my goodness. It's really happening'." Listen to Angus Deaton's reaction to the phone call from Stockholm. Listen to or read the interview

Monthly Quiz Grand Total of Nobel Laureates How many people and organizations have been awarded the Nobel Prize and the Prize in Economic Sciences between 1901 and 2015? Make a guess and click to submit your answer!  700  900  1,100

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