Co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Germany's Benjamin List poses for a picture next to a poster of the Nobel Prize prior to a press conference at the Max Planck Institute in Muehlheim, western Germany on October 6, 2021. Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the United States on October 6, 2021 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, the jury said. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener," the Nobel Committee said. Ina Fassbender / AFPSTOCKHOLM: Germany's Benjamin List and US-based David MacMillan on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing a tool to build molecules which has helped make chemistry more environmentally friendly. The medicine prize kicked off the 2021 Nobel season on Monday, going to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for breakthroughs that paved the way for the treatment of chronic pain.

Source: Manila Times October 06, 2021 16:18 UTC