Nobel Prize

This year’s laureates "have demonstrated that the initial differences in colonial institutions are an important explanation for the vast differences in prosperity that we see today," the Swedish experts said

Nihon Hidankyo organization's main goals include "the prevention of nuclear war and the abolition of nuclear weapons, including the signing of an international treaty for their total prohibition and elimination"

Alfred Nobel specified that the awarding decision must be made by a committee of five people, appointed by the Norwegian parliament

Han Kang became famous for her novel The Vegetarian, for which she was awarded the Booker Prize in 2016, as well as for her novel Human Acts

While Baker has designed an entirely new kind of proteins, Top7, "that was unlike any other protein," Hassabis and Jumper have developed an AI model called AlphaFold2, which enabled them to predict the structure of over 200 million proteins identified in other living organisms

Clarivate company projects that this year’s award may go to David Baker of the United States and his UK colleagues John Jumper and Demis Hassabis

"Although computers cannot think, machines can now mimic functions such as memory and learning," the Nobel Committee said

Clarivate company forecasts that this year’s award may go to three scientists - Rafi Bistritzer of Israel, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero of the United States and his compatriot Allan H. MacDonald

The Nobel Committee said that microRNAs are "fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function"

In the coming days, the winners of other nominations will be announced