Science News - October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. In 2012 the two scientists, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published their ground-breaking findings about the mechanisms behind the CRISPR/Cas 9 system. Using […]
Science News - October 5, 2020
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. The three scientists have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem […]
Science News - December 11, 2017
“Love Chemistry” aims to highlight chemistry as an industry of the future
The Science Center Universeum in Gothenburg has together with BASF inaugurated a new chemistry lab in order to increase knowledge about chemistry and increase the understanding of its role in our society as a solution for a sustainable future. Chemistry is a strong export for Sweden, standing for 17 % of the country’s export, but […]
