Three U.S.-based scientists win the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on quantum dots, nanoparticles with many potential applications.
The three winners are Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc.
News of the winners was no surprise to some, because the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sent out a press release by mistake to various media early Wednesday announcing the new laureates. A spokeswoman for the academy tried to walk back the release by saying that no final decision had been made at the time it was issued., chemistry and economics prizes, asks for nominations a year in advance from thousands of university professors and other scholars around the world.
A committee for each prize then discusses candidates in a series of meetings throughout the year. At the end of the process, the committee presents one or more proposals to the full academy for a vote. The deliberations, including the names of nominees other than the winners, are kept confidential for 50 years.
Last year, Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless and Danish scientist Morten Meldal were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way of “” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs able to target diseases such as cancer more precisely.Nobel Prize in medicine goes to U.S., U.K. scientists who discovered hepatitis C virusThe prizes carry a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor .
The prize money was raised by 1 million kronor this year because of the plunging value of the Swedish currency.The laureates are invited to receive their awards at ceremonies on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death. The prestigious peace prize is handed out in Oslo, according to his wishes, while the other award ceremony is held in Stockholm.Saving Mt.
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