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Nobel Prize 2026 Winners Revealed Across All Categories
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CNBC TV18•12-10-2026, 15:27
Nobel Prize 2026 Winners Revealed Across All Categories
- •Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won recognition for discoveries leading to optogenetics.
- •Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
- •Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- •Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her inventive oeuvre reinterpreting classical traditions.
- •Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for lifelong efforts to advance international law and justice.
- •Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the economic sciences prize for developing new macroeconomic models.
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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay for her lifelong efforts to advance international law, justice, and accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
Laureates Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford developed new macroeconomic models that significantly improved our ability to implement effective stabilisation policy and reduce economic peaks and troughs.
