2018 Nobel Prize Winners: Breakthroughs in Science, Peace, and Economics

Nobel Prize Award 2018

Category	Recipient(s)	Country
Physics	Arthur Ashkin, G�rard Mourou, Donna Strickland	USA, France, Canada
Chemistry	Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, Sir Gregory P. Winter	USA, UK
Medicine or Physiology	James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo	USA, Japan
Literature	Not awarded	N/A
Peace	Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad	Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq
Economic Sciences	William D. Nordhaus, Paul M. Romer	USA

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The 2018 Nobel Prize recipients were announced in October of that year. The Physics Prize was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, G�rard Mourou, and Donna Strickland for their work in laser physics. The Chemistry Prize was awarded to Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, and Sir Gregory P. Winter for their work in directed evolution of enzymes and phage display of peptides and antibodies. The Medicine or Physiology Prize was awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their work in cancer immunotherapy. The Literature Prize was not awarded due to a scandal involving the Swedish Academy. The Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their work in combating sexual violence in conflict zones. The Economic Sciences Prize was awarded to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer for their work in integrating climate change and technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.