The Nobel Prize is given in the month of October every year. Nobel Prizes are given by committees in Sweden and Norway. The List of 2020 Nobel Prize winners is given below. Nobel Prize is given in six categories that are physiology or medicine, peace, physics, chemistry, economic science and literature.
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Physiology Or Medicine
Drs. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice are the winners of 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The prize is for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Physics
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez are the winners of 2020 Nobel Prize in physics. The prize is for their discoveries that have improved understanding of the universe, including work on black holes.
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing.
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Peace
The Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded to World Food Programme. The World Food Programme is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
2020 Nobel Prize Winners In Economic Science
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson were awarded the 2020 Nobel in economic science for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.