01 outubro 2013

2013 Nobel Prize

"The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"." (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/)
"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"." (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2013/)
"The 2013 Nobel Prize honours three scientists who have solved the mystery of how the cell organizes its transport system. Each cell is a factory that produces and exports molecules. For instance, insulin is manufactured and released into the blood and signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are sent from one nerve cell to another. These molecules are transported around the cell in small packages called vesicles. The three Nobel Laureates have discovered the molecular principles that govern how this cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time in the cell." (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2013/press.html)
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story"". (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2013/)
"The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons". (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2013/)

"There is no way to predict the price of stocks and bonds over the next few days or weeks. But it is quite possible to foresee the broad course of these prices over longer periods, such as the next three to five years. These findings, which might seem both surprising and contradictory, were made and analyzed by this year’s Laureates, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. (for their empirical analysis of asset prices)" (in http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2013/)