In general the Nobel committee really dislikes awarding scientific prizes to applied research. People have been pointing out for years that they ignore this at

In general the Nobel committee really dislikes awarding scientific prizes to applied research. People have been pointing out for years that they ignore this at their own detriment [0]. [0] https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat2602 https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat2602