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General
Awareness Updates – November 2012 Sports 2012
Nobel Prizes The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland “for ground-breaking
experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum
systems”. The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was
awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka “for the discovery
that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent”. The 2012 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K.
Kobilka “for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors’’. The 2012 Nobel Prize in
Literature was awarded to Mo Yan “who with hallucinatory realism
merges folk tales, history and the contemporary”. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
was awarded to European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the
advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in The 2012 Sveriges Riksbank Prize
in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was divided equally
between Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapely “for the theory of stable
allocations and practice of market design”. Archery World Cup, Winner: Ki Bo Bae ( Second: Deepika Kumari ( Third: Gael
Provost (France) Motorracing SingTel Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull-Renault) Second: Jenson Button (Britain/McLaren-Mercedes) Third: Fernando Alonso (Spain/Ferrari) Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka Winner: Sebastian
Vettel (Germany/Red Bull-Renault) Second: Felipe Massa (Brazil/Ferrari) Third: Kamui Kobayashi (Japan/Sauber-Ferrari) Korean Grand Prix, Yeongam Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull-Renault) Second: Mark Weber (Australia/Red Bull-Renaul) Third: Fernando Alonso
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