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.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Oct 06, 2021
1 minute
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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