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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 13:48 UTC

Tag: Nobel Chemistry Prize

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 13:13 UTC

    Proteins show the way for 2024 Nobel Chemistry Prize winners

    Proteins control and regulate all chemical reactions in the body's cells. Hence the importance of the two works recognized through Wednesday's awards

    Sweden's Royal Academy of Science announced Wednesday that researchers David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies regarding proteins.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

    Lithium-ion battery developers win the Nobel Chemistry Prize

    Akira Yoshino, 71; John Goodenough, 97; and Stanley Whittingham, 77 are the three researchers that won the Nobel Chemistry Prize

    Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smart-phones and a fossil fuel-free society. John Goodenough of the United States - at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel prize - Britain's Stanley Whittingham, and Japan's Akira Yoshino will share the nine million Swedish kronor (about US$914,000 or €833,000) prize equally, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.