Nobel Prize News: Chemistry

Its Chemistry today. Past winners have included well-known names such as Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie, and Linus Carl Pauling, so who has won and also why? The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 was awarded to Dan Shechtman “for the discovery of quasicrystals”. Quasicrystals are structural forms that are ordered but not periodic. They form patterns that … Read more

2010 Nobel Prize Announcements … so far

[Note: Updated on 6th Oct] The Nobel prize 2010 announcements are now trickling out , so far we have … Medicine: 4th Oct – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 was awarded to Robert G. Edwards “for the development of in vitro fertilization”. … details here Robert Edwards is awarded the 2010 Nobel … Read more