Articles by: Jenny Rydén
Tim Hunt: “Writing my thesis was the worst time of my life”
, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine 2001, met with PhD student Paulina Tan and spoke about what to do when you have ‘scientist’s block’, the difficulties of research and what caused the Nobel Prize laureate to pursue a career in science. Listen in on their conversation.
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KATALIN KARIKÓ
She was met with resistance, demoted and eventually forced to leave academia – but Katalin Karikó never lost focus, doubling-down on her work to harness mRNA for new vaccines and therapies. Karikó’s Nobel Prize-awarded discovery enabled the development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, offering protection to millions of people.
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Holograms: The most perfect imaging medium ever made?
Learn more about why holograms are a scientific marvel. The intricacies of Martin Scorsese’s face enthralled him. Every pore in the skin. Each tiny hair. Holographer Martin Richardson had made six holograms, or 3D images, of the renowned film director and this one, with its seemingly infinite detail, blew him away. As Richardson stared into…
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How might AI transform science?
Nobel Prize laureates Demis Hassabis and Paul Nurse join Alison Noble, Chair of the Royal Society Science in the Age of AI Working Group, to discuss how scientists can harness AI tools, and what challenges it might bring about.
moreCAROLYN BERTOZZI
Experiencing ridicule and exclusion as a student in the 1980s did not stop Carolyn Bertozzi from pursuing her passion – in fact, it spurred her to build an inclusive culture in her own lab. Bertozzi’s Nobel Prize-awarded discovery of bioorthogonal reactions are now used globally to explore cells, track biological processes and improve the targeting of cancer medicines.
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