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Events on Wednesday 10 December 2008 6
2008J. M. G. Le Clézio wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature 2008The French writer J. M. G. Le Clézio.
2008Martti Ahtisaari wins the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace Prize 2008Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, for resolving international conflicts from Namibia to Aceh and Kosovo.
2008Nambu, Kobayashi and Maskawa win the Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in Physics 2008Yoichiro Nambu for spontaneous symmetry breaking, and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for the broken symmetry that predicts three families of quarks.
2008Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize in Economic SciencesNobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2008Paul Krugman, for his analysis of trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
2008Shimomura, Chalfie and Tsien win the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in Chemistry 2008Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien, for discovering and developing the green fluorescent protein (GFP).
2008zur Hausen, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008Harald zur Hausen for discovering that papilloma viruses cause cervical cancer, and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discovering HIV.