Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 The most common reason for miscarriage is an error when the mother’s and the father’s chromosomes are to be separated in the formation of sex cells. Ubiquitin-marking plays an important role here. The picture shows a calf embryo. How are sex cells…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1924
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1940
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreRobert B. Woodward – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Robert B. Woodward’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1965 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. We are told that the Nobel festivities are a celebration of achievement. Therefore, I hope it will be regarded as appropriate for me to express my feeling that the things my fellow laureates and…
more“The Binding Change Mechanism”
Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker have shown how the enzyme ATP synthase makes ATP. ATP synthase is found in chloroplast and mitochondrial membranes and in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria. A difference in hydrogen ion concentration across the membrane drives the enzyme to synthesise ATP. Using chemical methods Paul Boyer proposed…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by the former Rector of the National Archives Dr. C.T. Odhner, President of , on December 10, 1901 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Academy has awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff, Professor in the University of Berlin, for his pioneering work on chemical dynamics…
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