Chemistry
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Professor Måns Ehrenberg, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2008 Professor Måns Ehrenberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Since its very beginning, molecular…
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Speed read: Establishing plant’s blood relatives
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Two of the most fundamental processes in life, the transport of oxygen by blood in animals and the absorption of light during photosynthesis in plants, rely on pigments to carry out their highly important missions. Hans Fischer received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showing how Nature constructs these different coloured pigments from the…
moreHydrocarbons for the 21st century
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Hydrocarbons for the 21st century – The work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute by George A. Olah1994 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry This article was published on 6 September 1999. Hydrocarbons derived from petroleum, natural gas, or coal are essential in many ways to modern life and its quality. The bulk of the world’s…
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