About Nobel Prize
Established by Alfred Nobel, Nobel prizes started in 1901 to encourage scientific experiments, promote emerging technologies, creative literature and world peace. They are given every year for worldwide achievements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and for Peace. The Nobel prize is administered by Nobel Foundation, Sweden. In 1968, an additional prize for Economics was added in memory of Alfred Nobel.
Nobel Prize includes an award, Nobel diploma and a cash prize. The prize money is distributed from the interest generated from funds originally initiated by Alfred Nobel. For 2011, the names of the winners are given below along with the reason.
| Name | Field | Reason |
| Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess | Physics | "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae" |
| Dan Shechtman | Chemistry | "for the discovery of quasicrystals" |
| Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" |
| Ralph M. Steinman | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" |
| Tomas Tranströmer | Literature | "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality" |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman | Peace | "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work" |
| Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims | Economic Sciences | "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy" |
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