chemistry

Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise

发表于 2026-10-13 detectors awarded chemistry

This week’s science news roundup unpacks the 2026 Nobel Prizes—from controlling brain cells with flashes of light to catching ghostly neutrinos from distant gal…

Nobel in Chemistry for Seeing Biomolecules in Action

发表于 2017-10-04 cryo biomolecules seeing

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution struc…

Nobel in Chemistry for New and Useful Chemical Entities via Evolutionary Principles

发表于 2018-10-04 chemical chemistry entities

Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter share the 2018 chemistry Nobel for developing evolutionary-based techniques that lead to the creation o…

West Point Uniforms Signify Explosive Chemistry

发表于 2019-08-20 uniforms signify chemistry

U.S. Military Academy cadets wear the colors black, gray and gold for reasons found in gunpowder’s chemistry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…

Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries

发表于 2019-10-09 lightweight chemistry rechargeable

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” Learn more a…

Nobelist Talks CRISPR Uses

发表于 2020-10-09 doudna nobelist uses

New Nobel laureate in chemistry Jennifer Doudna talks about various applications of the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph…

What’s Actually In Your Tattoo Ink? No One Really Knows

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Nearly a third of U.S. adults have tattoos, but how many people know what's really in the ink? Despite new regulations, researchers have found many commercial i…

Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza

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This week on Science Quickly, we break down the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. We also unpack the Centers for Disease Contr…

Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction

发表于 2014-09-26 crustal chemistry adchoices

Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more a…

2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

发表于 2014-10-08 betzig chemical chemistry

Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner share the 2014 chemistry Nobel for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, which has enabl…