An American scientist with Russian roots won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: what is known about him

The names of the Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry were announced in Stockholm. They were US scientists Mungi Bavendi and Louis Bruce, as well as an American scientist with Russian roots, Alexey Ekimov. The prize was awarded “for the development of a method for creating quantum dots,” Meduza reports. In the message…

Journey into the past of the universe: what is the merit of the Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics - "for contributions to the understanding of the evolution of the Universe and the place of the Earth in the cosmos" - was divided into two parts, one part went to the American James Peebles, and the second to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, and the Nobel Prize...

Women who changed the world

Between 1901 and 2015, women were awarded the Nobel Prize 49 times, and only one of them, Marie Curie, was awarded this award twice. Thus, a total of 48 women have received this prestigious scientific award and worldwide recognition for their ...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the first time received an American

Frances Arnold on September 3 became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For the first time in the 117-year history of the Nobel Prize, a US citizen has been awarded the prize in chemistry, an award that has only been won by four women in the world, writes Huffington Post. Who is Frances...

Hazardous chemicals found in macaroni and cheese

New research has shown that pasta with cheese powder contains high concentrations of potentially hazardous chemicals. The Safe Food Processing and Packaging Group has tested over 30 cheese products for phthalates, a group of plasticizers that make plastics more flexible. ...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for DNA repair

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015 was awarded to three scientists who independently described and explained the mechanisms by which cells repair their damaged DNA. According to the Nobel Committee, the work of the Swede Thomas Lindahl, the American Paul Modric and ...

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