The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 Chemists can create new molecules by linking together small chemical building blocks, but controlling invisible substances so they bond in the desired way is difficult. Benjamin List and David MacMillan are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for their development of a new and ingenious tool for molecule…

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Swedish 6 oktober 2021 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i kemi 2021 till Benjamin List Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany David W.C. MacMillan Princeton University, USA “för utveckling av asymmetrisk organokatalys”   Ett genialt verktyg för att bygga molekyler Att bygga molekyler är en svår konst. Benjamin List och David MacMillan belönas med…

English 6 October 2021 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 to Benjamin List Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany David W.C. MacMillan Princeton University, USA “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”   An ingenious tool for building molecules Building molecules is a difficult art. Benjamin List and David MacMillan…

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Can you pair the portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry with the image representing the Nobel Prize awarded discovery? Drag the images from the left to the right to pair, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to…