Panel to announce 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry - GulfToday

Panel to announce 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry

  • 07 Oct 2020
Nobel-Chemistry-main3-750

A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm will announce today.

The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry is being announced on Wednesday, an award that has frequently honored work which led to practical applications in wide use today - such as last year's win for the brains behind the lithium-ion battery.

A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm will announce the recipient some time after 11:45am (0945 GMT; 5:45am EDT).

READ MORE

Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole finds

3 win Nobel medicine award for Hepatitis C virus discovery

The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million krona (more than $1.1 million), courtesy of a bequest left more than a century ago by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The amount was increased recently to adjust for inflation.

On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine to Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton for discovering the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus. Tuesday's prize for physics went to Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the United States for their breakthroughs in understanding the mysteries of cosmic black holes.

The other prizes are for outstanding work in the fields of literature, peace and economics.

Associated Press

Related articles

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Charpentier, Doudna

The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry is being announced Wednesday, an award that has frequently honored work which led to practical applications in wide use today - such as last year's win for the brains behind the lithium-ion battery.

07 Oct 2020

Nobel Literature prize to be awarded after years of tumult

In 2018 the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, the secretive body that chooses the winners, and sparked a mass exodus of members.

08 Oct 2020

Differently-abled students feted for 'Smart Pedestrian Crossing' project

A series of events as part of the National Competition for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics in UAE Innovation Month was held and a number of students from various centres took part to demonstrate their skills in different learning fields.

14 Mar 2020

Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole finds

Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity," the Nobel Committee said.

06 Oct 2020

Most Popular Stories

Other Articles

Sharjah activates WhatsApp number 065015161 for flood-affected residents

The team was directed to receive requests via the WhatsApp application through the number 065015161, and to send the data to the affected families, based on which urgent measures can be taken.

10 hours ago

UAE President receives Australian Minister for Defence, Albanian Minister of Interior

During the meeting, which took place at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed and Richard Marles discussed areas of cooperation between the two countries and opportunities to develop ties, especially in defence and military affairs.

12 hours ago

Sharjah adopts new measures to deal with natural disasters in future

The council has also granted commercial and economic establishments the opportunity to postpone the payment of fees related to renewal and violations for one month. This takes into account the damages they suffered from heavy rain.

12 hours ago

Dubai launches community initiative to support people affected by floods

The aim of the initiative is enhance the goals of the “Afflicted Support Committee”, which was formed under the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, to support those affected in Dubai, and allowing private sector institutions, businessmen and all members of society to make contributions.

13 hours ago