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Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machinery within cells, research that's being used to develop new antibiotics.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
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Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures.
A German scientist received a startling present Wednesday on his 71st birthday: a $1.5 million Nobel Prize to honor his groundbreaking studies of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces.
Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces, which are key to understanding questions like how pollution eats away at the ozone layer.
Terry Collins sounds like the world's most dour pessimist. The Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor paints a bleak picture of the Earth's future, a planet damaged by global warming and ravaged by toxins, with a population sickened by poisonous chemicals.
New hydrogen-storage method discoveredScientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem.
60-year-old solar mystery finally solvedThe search for planets beyond our solar system may be a little easier, thanks to a new comparison of sun-like stars that has revealed a key difference in the chemistry of stars that have planets and their barren cousins and solved a long-standing mystery about our own sun's chemi …
Many of us, when we speak about Love, treat Passion as an entirely separate thing from it.
Chores for two: Why men don't pitch inDo you feel like your partner's not pulling his weight around the house? You're not alone. Here, author and working mother Leslie Bennetts explores the role men assume in housework and childrearing.
Israeli scientist Ada Yonath wins the Nobel PrizeIsraeli scientist Prof. Ada Yonath has won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for her groundbreaking work in the field of ribosomes.
Israeli scientist Ada Yonath wins the Nobel PrizeIsraeli scientist Prof. Ada Yonath has won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for her groundbreaking work in the field of ribosomes.
Israel Nobel Prize winner says she is 'happy, shocked'"Her dedicated work has led to the current struggle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and many other applications. Yonath is the world's first woman to become a chemistry laureate since 1964, and only the fourth in history.
2 Americans, Israeli win chemistry Nobel Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, the protein-producing factories within cells, at the atomic level.
2 Americans, Israeli win Nobel chemistry prizeAmericans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes at the atomic level.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | The 'first true scientist'By Professor Jim Al-Khalili University of Surrey Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time.
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Time telescope' could boost webResearchers have demonstrated a "time telescope" that could squeeze much more information into the data packets sent around the internet. Rather than focusing information-carrying light pulses in space, like a normal lens, it focuses them in time.
Tails of Love: The People-Pet ConnectionIn 2002 two South African researchers measured oxytocin levels not only in humans petting dogs but in the dogs themselves: the dogs experienced the same chemical releases and calming effects as did the humans.
Humans Have Made, Found or Used Over 50 Million Unique ChemicalsHumans have found or made 50 million different chemicals here on Earth, the vast majority over the last few decades.
Great Salt Lake mercury worries scientistsFederal scientists studying the Great Salt Lake have found some of the highest levels of mercury ever measured anywhere -- prompting concern about some of the migratory birds that feed on the lake's brine shrimp.
The hunt for beer in spaceAustralians pride themselves on drinking beer just about anywhere and for any occasion - but what about in space? A Queensland astrochemist believes beer and the cosmos are more closely linked than we would have first thought.
Some time ago, after I met the guy I called the 'love of my life', and labelled him '11% short of heaven' (because of the score we kept getting on every relationship quiz we did), I was fascinated to find out why we had clicked together so amazingly, despite our different backgro …
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element known to science: Governmentium (Gv). The new element has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
New element named 'copernicium'Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name.
Catching CO2 in a BowlThe accidental discovery of a bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air suggests exciting new possibilities for dealing with global warming, including genetically engineering microbes to manufacture those CO2 "catchers,"
Tantalizing clues to the chemical origins of life : Nature NewsChemists in the United States have made an artificial DNA-like molecule that can change its sequence to bind to a DNA template without the help of enzymes. The findings could shed light on how molecules underpinning life were first able to emerge from a chemical soup.
New Technologies Allow Scientists to Watch Cells in MotionIt's easy to imagine the cells in our bodies like bricks in a house, all cemented into place. But we are actually seething with cells that creep, crawl, and squirm.
Imagine you go out on a date. The guy or gal is charming, you get on like a house on fire, you want to see them again but you still feel that something is missing. You can't put your finger on it and you can't understand why you don't fancy them more than you do.
Too much cola zaps muscle powerExcessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis, doctors are warning. This is because the drink can cause blood potassium to drop dangerously low, they report in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be the Starting Point for Life An English chemist has found the hidden gateway to the RNA world, the chemical milieu from which the first forms of life are thought to have emerged on earth some 3.8 billion years ago.
Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be the Starting Point for LifeAn English chemist has found the hidden gateway to the RNA world, the chemical milieu from which the first forms of life are thought to have emerged on earth some 3.8 billion years ago. More Articles
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