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[1/7] Hans Ellegren (centre), Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 4, 2023. The more than century-old prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1 million). Earlier on Wednesday, the academy appeared to have inadvertently published the names of the three scientists before the official announcement. In 1993, Bawendi revolutionised the production of quantum dots, made up of clusters ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand atoms. The third of this year's crop of awards, the chemistry Nobel follows those for medicine and physics announced earlier this week.

Persons: Hans Ellegren, Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov, Bawendi, Johan Aqvist, that's, Ekimov, Brus, Alfred Nobel, Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie, Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless, Niklas Pollard, Simon Johnson, Johan Ahlander, Ludwig Burger, Terje Solsvik, Anna Ringstrom, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Columbia University, Nanocrystals Technology, AT, Bell Labs, U.S, Vavilov, Optical Institute, Nanocrystals Technology Inc, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, STOCKHOLM, United States, Paris, France, Tunisia, Soviet Union, Swedish, Frankfurt, Oslo

☆ Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Earlier on Wednesday, the academy appeared to have inadvertently published the names of the three scientists it said had won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry. Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue. Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots," the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The third of this year's crop of awards, the chemistry Nobel follows those for medicine and physics announced earlier this week. While the chemistry awards are sometimes overshadowed by the physics prize and its famous winners such as Albert Einstein, chemistry laureates include many scientific greats, including radioactivity pioneer Ernest Rutherford and Marie Curie, who also won the physics prize.

Persons: Moungi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov, Moungi Bawendi, Bawendi, Brus, Ekimov, Alfred Nobel, Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie, Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless Organizations: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Columbia University, Nanocrystals Technology, AT, Bell Labs, U.S, Vavilov, Optical Institute, Nanocrystals Technology Inc Locations: Russian, Stockholm, Paris, France, Tunisia, Soviet Union, United States, Swedish

☆ What the Nobel Prizes get wrong about science
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Peter Brzezinski, the secretary of the committee for the Nobel chemistry prize, said there were no plans to change the rule. He said the Nobel Prize committees, at least for science prizes, are “innately conservative.”DiversityOther criticism leveled at the Nobel Prizes includes the lack of diversity among winners. Of course, these flaws and gaps only matter because the Nobels are far better known than other science prizes, Rees added. The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced on Monday, followed by the physics prize on Tuesday and the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. The Nobel Prize for literature and the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

Persons: Alfred Nobel, Martin Rees, Rees, ”, Jonathan Nackstrand, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, Kip Thorne, David Pendlebury, “ Nobel, ” Pendlebury, Nobel’s, Peter Brzezinski, “, ” Brzezinski, John Jumper, AlphaFold, Lasker, Pendlebury, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, it’s, Carolyn Bertozzi, Andrea Ghez, Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea, ” Rees Organizations: CNN, Royal Society, Getty, Clarivate’s Institute for Scientific, Nobel Foundation, Academy, Google, Harvard University Locations: Swedish, AFP, Stockholm

☆ Factbox: Winners of 2022 Nobel prizes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nobel Prize for Peace - Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterNobel Prize for Literature– French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for "the courage and clinical acuity" in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality. Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology. Nobel Prize in Physics - Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day people evolved from extinct ancestors at the dawn of human history.

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