2022 Chemistry Nobel awarded for ‘click chemistry’, which has possible applications in healthcare
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless worked on click chemistry, or linking chemicals together, and biorthogonal reactions, …
Explained: Works of 3 evolutionary scientists that got them a Nobel
One Briton and two American scientists bag the prestigious award for their work that is meant to create cleaner fuels and treat diseases
Nobel Prize for chemistry for gene-editing: A gene engineer explains how it works
CRISPR has huge potential to transform how scientists can detect, treat and even eradicate diseases as well as improve agricultural products
French-American duo share 2020 Chemistry Nobel for ‘genetic scissors’
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools
Chemistry Nobel 2021 goes to 2 scientists for environmentally friendly molecule building tool
Their creation paved the way for a completely new avenue to put together molecules, according to the Nobel committee
Nobel laureates stress on open mind at 107th Indian Science Congress
The big message at India's biggest science congregation: Big discoveries can't be planned
Three scientists share Nobel for Chemistry for research on DNA repair
Tomas Lindahl of UK’s Francis Crick Institute, Paul Modrich of USA’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Aziz Sancar of the …
Curdling of milk: Explained
When the solution turns acidic, protein molecules react and form lumps. This simple process is the secret to making cheese
Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize for 2019
Chemistry Nobel 2023 goes to 3 scientists for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lamps, surgery
Quantum dots are nanoparticles of different colours depending on their size, primarily used to create coloured light
D Srinivasa Reddy takes over as Director CSIR-IICT
Reddy will also hold the additional charge of the post of director of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu and director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow
Software outsmarts drug research
Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines
Bidding adieu to John Goodenough, the untiring inventor who co-created the modern lithium-ion battery
In 2019, Goodenough and two other scientists received the Nobel Prize for their work on lithium-ion batteries
Eric Betzig, William Moerner, Stefan Hell win 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry
One German and two US scientists develop new methods that let microscopes see finer details
Trio win Nobel Prize for computer modelling of chemical reactions
Models evolved by Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel could help optimise solar cells, catalysts in vehicles and even drugs
Winners of India’s top science award announced, no women on the list
Since its inception in 1958, only 19 women scientists have been the recipients of the SSB award.
Periodic table to include four newly discovered elements
These elements will complete the seventh row of the periodic table of elements
This glowing sensor can sniff out explosives
2016 Chemistry Nobel awarded to scientist trio for their work on molecular machines
Their inventions include a tiny lift, artificial muscles and miniscule motors
Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond
American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition