Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. They are Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krause and Anne L’Huillier. The award was given to them for their special contribution to the electron dynamics of matter. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the names of Nobel laureates in physics in Stockholm on Tuesday (October 3) at 4:15 pm Bangladesh time.
Agostini, Krause and L’Huillier discovered a way to generate very short pulses of light, which can be used to rapidly measure the movement of electrons or energy change processes, Nobel authorities said in a statement. This discovery by three scientists has given humans new tools to explore the world of electrons inside sub-atoms.
This year, starting from October 2 to October 9, the names of the Nobel winners are being announced step by step. Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko and American scientist Drew Wiseman won the Nobel Prize in Medicine last Monday (October 2). They received the award for their important discovery of nucleoside base modification, which has helped in the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19.
On Wednesday (October 4), the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, on Thursday (October 5) in Literature and on Friday (October 6) in Peace will be announced. The name of the Nobel laureate in economics will be announced on October 9 after a two-day break.
Earlier, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year. They are French scientist Alain Aspect, American scientist John F. Clauser and Austrian scientist Anton Zellinger. They received the award for ‘experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of the Bell inequality and playing a pioneering role in quantum information science’.
In 2021, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics. They are Japanese meteorologist Tsukuro Manabe, German physicist Klaus Hasselmann and Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi. He was awarded the world’s highest prize for his groundbreaking contributions to predicting global warming and our understanding of complex physical systems.
According to a will made in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who discovered dynamite, the Nobel Prize was introduced. The first prize was awarded in 1901. The awards are presented in five categories to individuals and organizations around the world for successful, unique research, innovation and humanitarian activities. The subjects are Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace. Although the Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969.
This year, the value of the Nobel Prize is increasing. This year’s winners are set to receive 1 million Swedish krona more than last year. According to the Nobel Foundation, in 2023, the value of the Nobel Prize is being increased to 10 million kroner. Its amount in Bangladeshi currency is about 10 crore 90 lakh taka.