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Navi Pillay presided over the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, served as a judge at the International Criminal Court, and was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a Norwegian committee in Oslo.
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South African judge and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee cited her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Why it matters: The award spotlights international law at a time when its institutions face political pressure.
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South African judge and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. She previously served as a judge at the International Criminal Court.
Why it matters: The award spotlights international law and human rights institutions at a time when they face political pressure.
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French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kensō Soai shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They were honoured for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Why it matters: Asymmetric synthesis underpins the production of many drugs that require a specific molecular 'handedness'.
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French chemist Henri B. Kagan of Paris-Saclay University and Japanese chemist Kensō Soai of the Tokyo University of Science won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Why it matters: Asymmetric synthesis is central to producing many medicines in the correct molecular form.
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Karl Deisseroth of Stanford, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
Why it matters: Optogenetics lets scientists control neurons with light, transforming research into the brain and neurological disease.
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