Julia Robinson explains how quantum dots went from a theoretical prediction to everyday reality and earned Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus and Moungi Bawendi the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman honoured for breakthroughs that enable the rapid development of new vaccines, including several of those used against Covid-19
Katrina Krämer tells the story of how click and bioorthogonal chemistry came to win the 2022 Nobel prize
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The celebrated chemical biologist who dreamed of being a rock star before inventing the field of bioorthogonal chemistry
Jamie Durrani tells the story of how two young upstarts, Ben List and David MacMillan, created a whole new field of catalysis
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In a rather unexpected move by the Nobel committee, this year’s prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan
2021 chemistry Nobel prize winner David MacMillan founds charity in his parents’ honour
Katrina Kramer tells the story of how Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna developed the gene editing tool that won them the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry
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The science behind the prize-winning gene editing tool that could change our lives
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Katrina Krämer traces the full story of how lithium-ion batteries won the 2019 Nobel prize
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John Goodenough on war, peace and the power of optimism
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour
Bengt Norden discusses the critera against which research is judged
Emma Stoye has the full story of how Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter put evolution to work in the lab
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Philip Ball looks at whether prizes and awards help or hinder scientific progress
Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
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The 2017 laureate tells his story
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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