A general view of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Physics is to be announced, in Stockholm, Sweden October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSTOCKHOLM, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences appeared to have inadvertently published names of three scientists it said had won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, although the award-giving institute said the decision was still hours away. But Johan Aqvist, chair of the academy's Nobel committee for chemistry, told Reuters: "It is a mistake by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The announcement of this year's Nobel prize for chemistry is due at 1145 CET (0945 GMT). The more than century-old prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($990,019).

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Persons: Tom Little, Moungi, Bawendi, Louis E . Brus, Alexei I, Johan Aqvist, Brus, Anna Ringstrom, Johan Ahlander, Terje Solsvik, Alex Richardson Organizations: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, REUTERS, Rights, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences, Dagens Nyheter, Reuters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Nanocrystals Technology Inc, Thomson Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Rights STOCKHOLM