Pair win Nobel for unlocking mystery of sensing temperature, touchThe research of the winning duo is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of diseases and conditions, including chronic painSTOCKHOLM - US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. This question has been solved by this year's Nobel Prize laureates." Julius told Scientific American in 2019 that he got the idea to study chili peppers after a visit to the grocery store. "I was looking at these shelves and shelves of basically chili peppers and extracts (hot sauce) and thinking, 'This is such an important and such a fun problem to look at. Speculation on potential Peace Prize winners has ranged from the Belarusian opposition to climate campaigners such as Sweden's Greta Thunberg.

Source: Bangkok Post October 04, 2021 12:33 UTC