News from the National Academy of Sciences
October 10, 2016
NAS Members Receive Nobel Prize
2016 Nobel Prizes Announced
Congratulations to the National Academy of Sciences members who are among this year's Nobel laureates:
Nobel Prize in Physics
For theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter
David J. Thouless, University of Washington
NAS member, elected 1995
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
For the design and synthesis of molecular machines
J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University
NAS member, elected 2014
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Nobel Prize in Economics
For contributions to contract theory
Oliver Hart, Harvard University
NAS member, elected 2016
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