The winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are Swedish scientist Thomas Lindahl, American scientist Paul Modrich, and American and Turkish national Aziz Sanjar. Main achievements: Research on the cellular mechanism of DNA repair. Extended information

: On December 10, 1896, Nobel died in Italy.

A year before his death, he left a will.

In his will, he proposed to use part of his inheritance (US$9.2 million) as a fund, and use the interest to set up five prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, to be awarded to scholars from all over the world who have made significant contributions to mankind in these fields.

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Accordingly, the Swedish government approved the establishment of the Nobel Foundation in June 1900, and the Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel's death.

Since then, except for interruptions due to wartime, grand award ceremonies have been held on this day every year in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and Oslo, the capital of Norway.

In 1968, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the CCB, the Swedish Central Bank provided funds to establish the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (full name: "The Swedish Central Bank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Bernard Nobel", also known as the "Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences").

Academic Award"), and began to be awarded simultaneously with the other five awards in 1969.

The selection principle of the Nobel Prize in Economics is to award those who have made significant valuable contributions in the field of economic research, with priority given to those who have made significant early contributions.