All nobel prize articles – Page 9
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Opinion
How to win part 7: winners and losers
In our last video, we ask Bengt who should have won, and for his standout recipients
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News
Live blog: molecular machines take the chemistry Nobel
Join us for news, gossip and comment during the build-up to chemistry’s biggest prize
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News
Nobel laureate who shone a light on GFP dies
Roger Tsien, who developed fluorescent tags to monitor cellular processes, has passed away aged 64
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News
Femtochemistry pioneer Ahmed Zewail dies
Chemistry Nobel laureate revolutionised study of reactions and was also helped craft US science policy
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News
1922 chemistry Nobel medal up for auction
Prize awarded for the discovery of non-radioactive isotopes expected to sell for £200,000
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News
Nobel prize winner and buckyball discoverer Harry Kroto dies
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president with a passion for science communication passes away aged 76
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Chemistry Nobel laureate Walter Kohn dies aged 93
Kohn was awarded the 1998 chemistry Nobel prize for developing density functional theory
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News
Scientists call on Iran to free jailed chemist
Open letter signed by chemistry Nobel laureates claims professor’s imprisonment is unlawful
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Research
Breakthroughs amidst risk
We chat to Nobel prize winner Alan Heeger as he approaches his 80th birthday
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News
China’s first science Nobel prize exposes anxiety on research
Award raises doubts over competitive funding model that apes western science
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death
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Feature
The 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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News
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