Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 9 October 2024.
Interview about the awarded work
“This prize has opened up a completely new world of protein structures”
After the announcement, Professor Johan Åqvist, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, was interviewed by journalist Sharon Jåma.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
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