This archive report was first published on 9 October 2019.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 9, 2019, in Stockholm that John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of lightweight lithium-ion batteries.
According to the Nobel Prize committee, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized our lives and are used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. Their work has laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society.
Notable Nobel Laureates ¶
- Frances H. Arnold and George P. Smith, both of the United States, and Gregory P. Winter of England, were awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in evolutionary biology.
- Dr. Arnold was only the fifth woman to win the prize.
Other Nobel Prize Winners in 2019 ¶
- William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for their work in discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
- James Peebles, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theories on the universe's formation and the night sky.
