As reported on the website of the award, traditionally prizes were awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine and literature. Also awarded the award of the Swedish bank - "economic Nobel" and the Nobel Peace Prize 2017.

Laureates of the prize in the field of physics were scientists from America Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss. The award was conferred "for the study of gravitational waves and a significant contribution to the creation of the LIGO Observatory".

"Nobel" in chemistry in 2017 went to the British Richard Henderson, Swiss Jacques Dubois and the representative of Germany and the United States Joachim Frank "for developments in the field of cryoelectron microscopy to determine the structure of high molecular biomolecules in solution".

American medical scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young discovered "molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms," for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize.

The award in the field of literature was received by the Japanese, representing Britain Kazuo Ishiguro.

The award of the Swedish National Bank went to the American Richard Thaler "for studies of the behavioral economy".

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize. The "International Campaign for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons" finds innovative ways to completely ban this weaponry.

As previously reported, "URA-Inform", on the eve of the Ukrainian show business star gathered in the Kiev Palace of Sports at the third awards ceremony of the M1 Music Awards.