Timeline Saturday 10 December 2011

Events on Saturday 10 December 2011 6

• 2011 Beutler, Hoffmann and Steinman win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann for the activation of innate immunity, and Ralph Steinman for discovering dendritic cells. Steinman died three days before the announcement.
• 2011 Dan Shechtman wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 Dan Shechtman, for discovering quasicrystals.
• 2011 Perlmutter, Schmidt and Riess win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, for discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe.
• 2011 Sargent and Sims win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims, for empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.
• 2011 Sirleaf, Gbowee and Karman win the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, for their non-violent struggle for the safety and rights of women.
• 2011 Tomas Tranströmer wins the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer.