After collecting public nominations and four rounds of voting, we're ready to announce your top predictions for the 2021 Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine. Congratulations to these researchers!
Your prediction for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is...
Omar M. Yaghi and Makoto Fujita, for the development of metal-organic frameworks/coordination polymers and reticular chemistry; for pioneering reticular chemistry.
Your prediction for the Nobel Prize in Physics is...
Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, for her work on the discovery of pulsars, one of the major astronomical discoveries of the 20th century
Your prediction for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is...
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for the idea to harness the power of mRNA to fight disease and the discovery and commercialization of mRNA vaccines
Thanks to everyone for voting!
What Happens Next?
- Watch for the official Nobel Prize announcements.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Monday, October 4, 11:30 a.m. CEST at the earliest
The Nobel Prize in Physics - Tuesday, October 5, 11:45 a.m. CEST at the earliest
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Wednesday, October 6, 11:45 a.m. CEST at the earliest
The Nobel Peace Prize - Friday, October 8, 11:00 a.m. CEST
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Monday, October 11, 11:45 a.m. CEST at the earliest
The Nobel Prize in Literature - Thursday, October 7, 1:00 p.m. CEST at the earliest
Times listed are local time in Sweden.
- See what others are predicting for this year's Nobel Prizes.
The 2021 Clarivate Analytics Citation Laureates
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- Take a look back on October Madness through the years:
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2015 Predictions