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Nobel prize in Chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper – Times of India


NEW DELHI: The Nobel prize in Chemistry 2024 has been awarded to David Baker for “for computational protein design” with the other half jointly awarded to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
The Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made this announcement on Wednesday, a day after two pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, won the physics award for artificial intelligence.
Last year, the chemistry prize was awarded to a trio of scientists for their research on quantum dots, which are minuscule particles measuring only a few nanometers in diameter.
The Nobel announcements, which span over six days, began on Monday with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun being honored with the medicine prize.
The prize includes a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million), which originates from a bequest left by the award’s founder, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The laureates are invited to accept their awards at ceremonies held on December 10, marking the anniversary of Nobel’s death.
The literature prize will be announced on Thursday, followed by the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
While the economics award will be revealed on Oct. 14.

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