US science Nobel laureates back Biden in presidential race

Eighty-one US science Nobel laureates have released a letter endorsing Democrat Joe Biden for president over the incumbent Donald Trump ahead of the 3 November election, including 24 chemistry laureates. Among the signatories are Peter Agre, Sidney Altman, Frances Arnold, Fraser Stoddart – who has dual American and British citizenship – as well as the most recent US chemistry Nobel recipients John Goodenough and Stanley Whittingham. Congressman Bill Foster, who is the sole PhD physicist in Congress, helped to organise the letter. Previously, 70 Nobel prize winners endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, and 76 Nobel laureates backed Barack Obama in 2008.