This year's Nobel Prizes will be handed out Saturday for ground-breaking work ranging from the development of the world's smallest machines to song lyrics that have touched generations of fans. Here's a glance at the 2016 Nobel laureates and their work.
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for having created what the Swedish Academy described as “new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Dylan isn’t attending the ceremony.
Here, U.S. singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performing onstage at “Les Vieilles Charrues” Festival in Carhaix, western France on July 22, 2012. Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, announced Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.
(AP Photo/David Vincent)
AP Photo/David Vincent
THE NOBEL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES: Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom for their contributions to contract theory, a field of research applicable to anything from CEO bonuses to the deductibles and co-pays for insurance.
In this photo, Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard, poses at his home in Lexington, Mass., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, after winning the Nobel Prize in economics. Hart and Finnish economist Bengt Holmstrom, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, share the award for their contributions to contract theory.
(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
THE NOBEL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES: Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom for their contributions to contract theory, a field of research applicable to anything from CEO bonuses to the deductibles and co-pays for insurance.
In this photo, Economics Nobel laureate Bengt Holmstrom, from, Finland speaks during his Nobel lecture at the Aula Magna lecture hall at the Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Dec. 12, 2016.
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Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end his country’s civil war after five decades of bloodshed.
In this photo, President Barack Obama, right, listens to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos during a land titling event for Afro-Colombian communities in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, British-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa for work on tiny molecular machines that scientists say can lead to new computer chips, batteries and energy storage systems.
Here, France’s Jean-Pierre Sauvage speaks during a press conference at the Strasbourg university, eastern France, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2016. Sauvage, British-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa share the 8 million kronor ($930,000) prize for the “design and synthesis of molecular machines,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, British-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa for work on tiny molecular machines that scientists say can lead to new computer chips, batteries and energy storage systems.
Here, Fraser Stoddart raises his glass for a toast during a news conference at the Rebecca Crown Center at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Stoddart, a Scottish-born chemistry professor at Northwestern University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, British-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa for work on tiny molecular machines that scientists say can lead to new computer chips, batteries and energy storage systems.
Here, Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2016 Feringa was one of the three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing the world’s smallest machines, work that could revolutionise computer technology and lead to a new type of battery.
(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
AP Photo/Peter Dejong
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS: British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for research on superconductors and other unusual states of matter, which the judges said could pave the way for developments in electronics and quantum computers.
Here, the Nobel Prize in Physics laureates F. Duncan M. Haldane, left, David J. Thouless and J. Michael Kosterlitz, right, attend their Nobel lectures at the Aula Magna lecture hall at the Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Dec. 12, 2016.
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Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE: Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi for discoveries related to autophagy, the “self-eating” process that lets a cell break down and recycle some of its contents. Breakdowns in the autophagy process have been linked to a number of grave diseases including Parkinson’s, diabetes and cancer.
In this photo, Nobel Medicine prize laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan answers questions from media during a presser at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Dec. 7, 2016.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year’s Nobel Prizes will be handed out Saturday for ground-breaking work ranging from the development of the world’s smallest machines to song lyrics that have touched generations of fans.
Here’s a glance at the 2016 Nobel laureates and their work.
