2015 Nobel Prizes
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The 2015 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.{{Cite web |title=A complete list of 2015's Nobel Prize winners |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/12/2015s-nobel-prize-winners-peace/73811472/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}
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 |last=Royen |first=Ulrika |date=2016-07-14 |title=Video - The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-2015-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2016-01-28 |title=Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2015 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2015-2015/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1959) |{{flagdeco|Japan}} Japanese | rowspan="2" |"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass" | rowspan="2" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/summary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506235854/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/summary/ |archive-date=6 May 2024 |access-date=5 October 2015 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(b. 1943) |{{flagdeco|Canada}} Canadian |
= Chemistry =
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(b. 1938) |{{flagdeco|Sweden}} Swedish {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} British | rowspan="3" |"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair" |
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(b. 1946) |{{flagdeco|United States}} American |
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(b. 1946) |{{flagdeco|Turkey}} Turkish |
= Physiology or Medicine =
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(b. 1930) |{{flag|Ireland}} {{flag|United States}} | rowspan="2" |"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" |
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(b. 1935) |{{flag|Japan}} |
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(b. 1930) |{{flag|China}} |"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria" |
= Literature =
{{Main page|2015 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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(b. 1948) |{{flag|Belarus}} (born in Soviet Ukraine) |"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time" |
= Peace =
{{Main page|2015 Nobel Peace Prize}}
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|Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (2013–2014) |{{Flag|Tunisia}} |"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011." |
= Economic Sciences =
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(b. 1945) |{{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|United States}} |"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare" |
Reactions
= Physics =
While the Physics Prize was not inherently disputed, some scientists discussed whether the Nobel Foundation's written citation for Kajita and McDonald's awarding was correct, leading to a technical debate about the definition of a "neutrino oscillation" and whether their experiments showed such a phenomenon.{{Cite web |title=Did the Nobel committee get the physics wrong? |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/did-nobel-committee-get-physics-wrong#:~:text=In%20an%20unusual%20paper,%20a,prove%20that%20neutrinos%20have%20mass. |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Science |language=en}}
= Physiology or Medicine =
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the awarding of Ivermectin was sometimes invoked in order to justify the medication's usage as a treatment for the Coronavirus. However, Campbell and Ōmura had been awarded for Ivermectin's effectiveness specifically against parasitic infections.{{Cite news |title=Fact Check: 2015 Nobel Prize for ivermectin intended for treatment of parasitic infections doesn't prove its efficacy on COVID-19 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/2015-nobel-prize-for-ivermectin-intended-for-treatment-of-parasitic-infections-d-idUSL1N2QB2XA/ |work=Reuters}}
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