Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Toshide Maskawa speaks during the press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Persson)

Nobel Prize Literature Laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio of France signs autographs after giving the traditional Nobel lecture at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday Dec. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Persson)