stockholm. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced on Wednesday to be awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of Max Planck Institute and David WC Macmillan of Princeton University. Macmillan was born in Scotland. He has been selected for this honor for his remarkable work in developing a new method for manufacturing molecules called “asymmetric organocatalysis”. The winners were announced by Goran Hansson, Secretary-General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Nobel Committee stated that List and Macmillan independently developed a new method of catalysis in 2000. A member of the Nobel committee, Pinla Witung-Staffscheid, said, “It is already greatly benefiting mankind.” After the award was announced, List said the prize was a “huge surprise” for him. Is. “I didn’t expect it at all,” he said.
He said that he was on holiday in Amsterdam with his family when the call came from Sweden. List said he did not initially know that Macmillan was working on the same subject. He said he thought his attempt might be a bad idea until it worked. “I thought it could be something big,” he said.
It is common for many scientists working in related fields to share the award. Last year, the Chemistry Prize was given to Emmanuel Charpentier of France and Jennifer A. Doudna of the US for developing a gene tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to replace DNA. The prestigious award carries a gold medal and a sum of 10 million Swedish kronor (over $11.4 million). The prizes were established in 1895 by Swedish citizen Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel Prize Committee on Monday announced the awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine to American citizens David Julius and Ardum Patapusian. Three scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy were selected on Tuesday for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on complex systems, including increasing the understanding of climate change. The names of Nobel Prize winners in the fields of literature, peace and economics will be announced in the coming days.
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