NOBEL ‘22
The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes awarded as per the will of Alfred Nobel to those who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish Chemist, Engineer, and Industrialist most famously known for the invention of Dynamite. He died in 1896. In his will, he bequeathed all of his assets to be used to establish five prizes which became known as “Nobel Prizes.” Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901.
Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. In 1968, Sweden’s Central Bank funded the establishment of the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel….
Nobel Prizes ‘22
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced 2022 Nobel Prizes.
Nobel Prize, one of the world’s top honours, has been declared for the year 2022 in designated Science categories such as Medicine, Physics and Chemistry.
The announcement of Nobel Prize winners is one of the most awaited moments for people associated with fields ranging from Literature to Science, here is a look at this year’s winners…
Nobel-Physiology and Medicine:
The Nobel Prize 2022 in Physiology and Medicine is awarded for discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
The Nobel laureate has established an entirely new scientific discipline called Paleogenomics. The discoveries revealed genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, and provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human.
The Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine 2022 is awarded to Svante Paabo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”
Nobel-Physics:
Nobel Prize in Physics is jointly shared for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.
The Nobel laureates have conducted ground breaking experiments using entangled quantum states, where two particles behave like a single unit even when they are separated.
The Nobel Prize for Physics 2022 is awarded jointly to three sicientists, Alain Aspect for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science, John Caluser for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science and Anton Zeilinger for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”
Nobel-Chemistry:
The Nobel Prize 2022 in Chemistry is awarded for the development of Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Chemistry. The Nobel laureates had worked on click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions. Click chemistry is utilised in the development of pharmaceuticals, for mapping DNA and creating materials that are more fit for purpose, while bioorthogonal reactions have helped researchers improve the targeting of cancer pharmaceuticals.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2022 is awarded jointly to Carolyn Bertozzi for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry, Morten Meldal for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry and K Barry Sharpless for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
The Nobel Foundation has announced that laureates will receive their prize medals in Stockholm in December after Covid induced interruption of two years. Winners from 2020 and 2021 will also be invited to attend the ceremony.
–Dr Siddhivinayak Barve
Editor, ScienceNow Digital
