British academic information company announces Nobel Prize "3 Japanese among leading candidates"

Before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize begins on the 3rd of next month, a British academic information service company has announced 20 researchers, including 3 Japanese, who are expected to win the award in the future.

The announcement was made by Clarivate, a British academic information service company that analyzes research papers around the world, and listed 20 researchers from four countries who are likely to win the Nobel Prize.

Of these, the Japanese are:

▼As a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,

▽Mr. Shigeto Hasegawa, Head of the Department of Brain and Neuroscience at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science.

▼There are three strong candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics,

Takashi Taniguchi, a Fellow at

the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and

Kenji Watanabe, Chief Researcher.

Dr. Hasegawa has identified through experiments that abnormal proteins produced in the cells of the brain and spinal cord are deeply involved in the development of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), in which the muscles of the whole body gradually weaken. Rated.

Mr. Taniguchi and Mr. Watanabe have established a technology for producing special crystals composed of nitrogen and boron, which are substances used in home insulation and fire-resistant glass, with high purity, and have applied them to next-generation material research. appreciated for its significant contribution.

"Clarivate" predicts the winners based on the analysis of about 55 million research papers published by researchers around the world. It has won a Nobel Prize.

The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize will

begin with the Physiology and Medicine Prize on the 3rd of next month, followed by

the Physics Prize on the 4th,

the Chemistry Prize on the 5th,

the Literature Prize on the 6th,

the Peace Prize on the 7th,

and the Economics Prize on the 10th. are announced respectively.

Notice of change of notation

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