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Science Oct 06

WATCH: David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for breakthrough work on proteins

By Daniel Niemann, Mike Corder, Associated Press

Science Oct 03

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WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in chemistry for research on quantum dots

Quantum dots are particles a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.

By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Christina Larson, Associated Press

Nation Oct 05

FILE PHOTO: The OPEC logo pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members in Algiers, Algeria
Watch 5:26
News Wrap: OPEC drastically cuts oil production to boost sagging prices

In our news wrap Wednesday, OPEC is drastically cutting oil production by two million barrels a day to boost sagging prices, Russian President Putin signed documents today to annex four regions of Ukraine as the Russian military is losing its…

Science Oct 04

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel Prize for work on ‘click chemistry’

Click chemistry is an environmentally friendly method for rapidly joining molecules to develop cancer treatments, create materials and illuminate the workings of cells.

By Mark Lorch, The Conversation

World Oct 09

Asahi Kasei honorary fellow Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2019. Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters
3 scientists awarded Nobel in Chemistry for lithium-ion batteries

The prize went to John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas; M. Stanley Whittingham of the State University of New York at Binghamton; and Akira Yoshino of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University in Japan.

By David Keyton, Associated Press

Oct 03

Trio wins Nobel Prize by using chemistry to ‘evolve’ the building blocks of life

By Nsikan Akpan

This year’s chemistry Nobel also comes with some political controversy, as one of the winners has been accused of promoting anti-Israel views.

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Oct 04

2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to ‘cool’ 3D pictures of bioarchitecture

By Nsikan Akpan

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way to image biomolecules at cold temperatures.

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Oct 05

Watch 5:46
The amazing, complicated science of the Nobel winners explained

By PBS News Hour

A trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating some of the world’s tiniest machines. Their nanorobots use extremely controlled movements to perform tasks that the creators hope will one day be useful in the world of…

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Oct 05

World’s tiniest machines win 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize for three researchers

By Nsikan Akpan

Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa split the 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize for building the world's smallest machines out of chemical molecules.

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Oct 07

DNA repair research wins 3 scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry

By Nsikan Akpan

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar split the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

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