Benjamin List and David MacMillan have been jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the joint selection of the Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry in a news conference on Wednesday, where it was stated that the chemists’ “tools revolutionised the construction of molecules.” The two laureates were awarded the Nobel Prize for the development of “asymmetric organocatalysis”.

One of the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Benjamin List of Germany, shares the science behind molecules that can be used to make everything from medicines to food flavorings.

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “an ingenious tool for building molecules” that is also cheap and environmentally-friendly. Benjamin List and David MacMillan will both share the award.

What people are saying?

OverJayed Any women winning these awards anytime soon? Feel free to post a graph of all the female winners since the beginning of Nobel prizes. I would very much like to see it.

Broseph My God, I would have been fired from my production company if I taped and dressed the XLR cables like that for an event.

Swill Just tell her that you added a referee that doubles as a player. Those who added the referee won the award.