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The Nobel Economics Prize is awarded to a US trio, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for their contributions on explaining the role of banks in the economy. SOUNDBITE
Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury announces. SOUNDBITE
Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces that John Goodenough of US, Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino win the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize. SOUNDBITE
The Nobel Chemistry Prize is awarded to a trio of chemists for laying the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry. Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark's Morten Meldal are honoured for "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". The award marks the second Nobel for 81-year-old Sharpless, who won the chemistry Nobel in 2001. SOUNDBITE
Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the US win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, announces Göran K Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. IMAGES