2006 Nobel Prizes
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The 2006 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/award-video/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2013-06-01 |title=The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2006 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2006-2006/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1946) | rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|United States}} American | rowspan="2" |"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation" | rowspan="2" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2006/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011142836/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2006/index.html |archive-date=11 October 2008 |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(b. 1945) |
= Chemistry =
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(b. 1947) |{{flagdeco|United States}} American |"for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription" |
= Physiology or Medicine =
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(b. 1959) | rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}} | rowspan="2" |"for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA" |
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(b. 1960) |
= Literature =
{{Main page|2006 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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(b. 1952) |{{flag|Turkey}} |"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures" |
= Peace =
= Economic Sciences =
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(b. 1933) |{{flag|United States}} |"for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy" |
Controversies
= Physiology or Medicine =
Some scientists observed that Fire and Mello's discoveries in RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans had similarly been previously studied by plant biologists like David Baulcombe and that more acknowledgement should've been given.{{cite journal |author=M. Bots |display-authors=etal |year=2006 |title=RNAi Nobel ignores vital groundwork on plants |journal=Nature |volume=443 |issue=7114 |pages=906 |bibcode=2006Natur.443..906B |doi=10.1038/443906a |pmid=17066009 |doi-access=free}}
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