All nobel prize articles – Page 8
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FeatureThe house that DNA built
The 2015 chemistry Nobel prize was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for DNA repair. Matthew Gunther reconstructs their story
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Richard Heck dies
Heck developed palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions that revolutionised organic chemistry
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News
Live blog: Unravelling DNA repair mechanisms takes chemistry Nobel
Keep up with the latest news and gossip on the Nobel prize
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Opinion
Behind closed doors: How to win the Nobel prize
Bengt Norden addresses the myths and rumours surrounding the world’s most prestigious science prize
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News
DNA repair research takes the 2015 chemistry Nobel
Recipients discovered how cells can patch up damaged DNA
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Antiparasitic drugs derived from natural products take 2015 medicine Nobel
Top science gong awarded for discovery and development of drugs that have improved the lives of millions
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Chemistry Ig Nobel goes to ‘un-boiled' egg
Australian scientists pick up ‘improbable research’ prize for work on re-folding denatured proteins
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Research
Nanoscale microscopy casts light on cellular dynamics
Nobel prize winning research fulfils early promise to reveal real time cellular processes
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Opinion
Flashback: 1985
A painting of Dorothy Hodgkin depicting the busy scientist with four hands went on display at the National Portrait Gallery
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Research
Collaboration, not competition
Organic chemist E J Corey talks to Phillip Broadwith about awards, ambition and academic freedom
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Research
Molecular machinery behind circadian clock's ticking revealed
Slow motion chemistry keeps clock running on 24 hour cycle
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Irwin Rose dies aged 88
Biochemist revealed protein pathway for cell breakdown
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Wieland’s chemistry Nobel to be sold at auction
1927 prize is the first chemistry Nobel to go under the hammer
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Yves Chauvin dies aged 84
Catalysis chemist unravelled how olefin metathesis reactions took place paving the way for more efficient syntheses
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - November 2014
We speak to Eric Betzig about his Nobel prize-winning research, and find out how thermoelectric materials can be made more efficient
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Opinion
An interdisciplinary celebration
This year’s Nobel prize in chemistry is a classic tale of beating impossible odds and the laws of physics
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Feature
The resolution revolution
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. Emma Stoye focuses in on their story
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Opinion
Two for the price of one
This year’s Nobel prizes show that chemistry truly is the central science
