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Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal, and Carolyn Bertozzi

The three scientists were awarded for dealing “not overcomplicating matters, instead working with what is easy and simple.”

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel prize awarded for 'click chemistry' – an environmentally friendly method of building molecules

The 2022 Nobel prize for Chemistry has been awarded to a trio for developing click chemistry, an environmentally friendly method for rapidly joining molecules to develop cancer treatments, create materials and illuminate the workings of cells.

The Conversation · Oct 5, 2022

Barry Sharpless of Calif.'s Scripps Research wins second Nobel Prize in chemistry

SAN DIEGO — K. Barry Sharpless of La Jolla, California's Scripps Research on Wednesday won a second Nobel Prize in chemistry, this time for helping create a swift, efficient method for building molecules that has revolutionized drug development and aided in the mapping of DNA.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel Prize in Literature: When will the winner be announced and who are the favourites?

The winner will be given a shiny new gold medal, a diploma, and a cash prize

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel prize goes to pioneers of Lego-like "click chemistry"

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

Two Americans and a Dane win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Three scientists were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.

France 24 · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel panel to announce winner of chemistry prize

The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced Wednesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics

For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study of humanity. Svante Pääbo, a pioneer in the study of ancient DNA, or aDNA, was awarded the 2022 prize in physiology or medicine for his breathtaking achievements sequencing DNA extracted from ancient skeletal remains and reconstructing…

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022

You're a winner: Listening in on 'the call' for Nobel Prize

Usually the call telling scientists that they won a Nobel Prize is received in private by the special few

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Three physicists win the Nobel for work on quantum entanglement

The Nobel Prize in Physics went to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for their experiments on photon entanglement.

Inverse · Oct 4, 2022