This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry could recognize work on molecularly thin, smart surface layers that protect electronics from corrosion or serve as highly accurate disease tests. The prize could also recognize skeletal editing. Here are some of the researchers tipped to win.
SwedenPorridge, truffles and apples are on the menu at this year's Nobel banquet. The guests have also had time to enjoy both dancing and newly written music by Laleh.
SwedenNow this year's Nobel laureates have received their medals and been hailed with song and speech. But the prize ceremony is held against a backdrop of a world in turmoil. The laureates have paved the way. Science, literature, and peace offer different paths to tackle today's problems, says the Nobel Foundation's chairperson Astrid Söderbergh Widding in her introductory speech.
SwedenThe researchers David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have cracked the codes for the structure of proteins, "life's chemical multi-tool". Now they are being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry by the Academy of Sciences.
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