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DISCOVERthe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 The prize was awarded jointly to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for something that has laid the foundation of wireless electronics and have a huge everyday impact for us. What is it? Try the puzzle! Jigsaw Puzzle It is the lithium-ion battery! The illustration shows…

Asymmetric organocatalysis: Democratizing catalysis for a sustainable world https://www.youtube.com/embed/hqS8toqOGBA David W.C. MacMillan delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on Wednesday 8 December 2021. He was introduced by Professor Peter Somfai.

Asymmetric organocatalysis https://www.youtube.com/embed/bSTDV0hEGoc Benjamin List delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on Wednesday 8 December 2021. He was introduced by Professor Peter Somfai.

The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the prize in economic sciences are awarded to the Nobel Prize laureates. This year, the award ceremony was…

Interview, June 2022 “Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover it” If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? High school student Lucas Madrigrano Azeredo met 2021 chemistry laureate David MacMillan 14 June 2022 to talk about life, football and career choices. MacMillan also shared his best advice for…

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Interview, January 2024 “Trust your own intuition and ideas” If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? On 23 January 2024, Benjamin List was joined by ten students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4i8w9xqhgaY Announcement of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 6 October 2021. “It’s a game changer. Like a new chess piece that is very, very powerful” Immediately following the announcement of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Peter Somfai,…