The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

Barry Sharpless of Calif.'s Scripps Research wins second Nobel Prize in chemistry

SAN DIEGO — K. Barry Sharpless of La Jolla, California's Scripps Research on Wednesday won a second Nobel Prize in chemistry, this time for helping create a swift, efficient method for building molecules that has revolutionized drug development and aided in the mapping of DNA.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Indian fact-checkers believed to be among front-runners for Nobel Peace Prize

Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair have been running a campaign debunking misinformation in India since 2017

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate: When will the winner be announced and who are the favourites?

Everything you need to know about the Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel prize goes to pioneers of Lego-like "click chemistry"

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

Two Americans and a Dane win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Three scientists were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.

France 24 · Oct 5, 2022

Chemistry Nobel goes to trio for development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry

Click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions have taken chemistry into the era of functionalism

The Hindu · Oct 5, 2022

Nobel panel to announce winner of chemistry prize

The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced Wednesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics

For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study of humanity. Svante Pääbo, a pioneer in the study of ancient DNA, or aDNA, was awarded the 2022 prize in physiology or medicine for his breathtaking achievements sequencing DNA extracted from ancient skeletal remains and reconstructing…

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022

You're a winner: Listening in on 'the call' for Nobel Prize

Usually the call telling scientists that they won a Nobel Prize is received in private by the special few

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Explained | 2022 Nobel Prize winners Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger’s research on quantum mechanics

The physics Prize this year is an award for experiments establishing the foundational concepts of quantum mechanics.

The Hindu · Oct 4, 2022