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Two scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for new way of building molecules

Benjamin List and David MacMillan were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry for coming up with a new tool for constructing molecules that has advanced pharmaceuticals and green technology.

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing "an ingenious tool for building molecules" that is also cheap and environmentally-friendly.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Wednesday that the award would be shared by of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany, and , at Princeton University in the United States.

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