English Svetlana Alexievich was born 31 May 1948 in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk, as the daughter of a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother. When the father had completed his military service, the family moved to Belarus, where both parents worked as teachers. After finishing school, Alexievich worked as a teacher and as a…

French Svetlana Aleksiévitch est née le 31 mai 1948 dans la ville d’Ivano-Frankovsk en Ukraine, d’un père biélorusse et d’une mère ukrainienne. Après le service militaire du père, la famille a déménagé en Biélorussie, où les deux parents ont travaillé comme enseignants. Sa scolarité terminée, Aleksiévitch s’est consacrée à l’enseignement et au journalisme. Entre 1967…

Swedish 6 oktober 2015 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2015 till Takaaki Kajita Super-Kamiokande Collaboration University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan och Arthur B. McDonald Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration Queen’s University, Kingston, Kanada ”för upptäckten av neutrinooscillationer, som visar att neutriner har massa” Förvandlingskonster i partikelvärlden Takaaki Kajita i Japan och Arthur B. McDonald i…

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 They solved the neutrino puzzle and opened a new realm in particle physics. Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald were key scientists of two large research groups, Super-Kamiokande and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which discovered the neutrinos mid-flight metamorphosis. The chameleons of space The hunt was on – deep inside…

Swedish 12 oktober 2015 har beslutat utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2015 till Angus Deaton Princeton University, NJ, USA “för hans analys av konsumtion, fattigdom och välfärd”. För att utforma en ekonomisk politik som ökar välfärden och minskar fattigdomen måste vi förstå individernas konsumtionsval. Angus Deaton har mer än…

English 12 October 2015 has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2015 to Angus Deaton Princeton University, NJ, USA “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare”. To design economic policy that promotes welfare and reduces poverty, we must first understand individual consumption choices. More…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2015 The consumption of goods and services is a fundamental part of people’s welfare. The Laureate, Angus Deaton, has deepened our understanding of different aspects of consumption. His research concerns issues of immense importance for human welfare, not least in poor countries. Deaton’s research has greatly influenced both practical policymaking…

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 From one cell to another, from one generation to the next. The genetic information that governs how human beings are shaped has flowed through our bodies for hundreds of thousands of years. It is constantly subjected to assaults from the environment, yet it remains surprisingly intact. Tomas Lindahl, Paul…

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