In 2026, 10 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
Birth country: France
Motivation: for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis
Affiliation: Université Paris-Sud - France
Birth country: Japan
Motivation: for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis
Affiliation: Tokyo University of Science - Japan
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation
Affiliation: Stanford University - USA
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation
Affiliation: Columbia University - USA
Birth country: Canada
Motivation: for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute - USA; Stanford University - USA
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Affiliation: Humboldt University of Berlin - Germany
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Affiliation: University of Würzburg - Germany
Birth country: South Africa
Motivation: for her efforts to promote peace and international law
Birth country: Belgium
Motivation: for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin–Madison - USA
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