Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023: winners announcement | Latest Updates

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The 2023 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry have been announced

In equal parts, the Nobel Committee has awarded the prize to three chemists: Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov. The three winners were selected for their work on quantum dots. 

Winners will be announced shortly... 

Curious about the science behind the 2022 winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Last year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless,  "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry." Periodic Videos broke down the advancements made by these chemists that led the Nobel committee to award them the prize. 

Which countries have seen the greatest number of Nobel prize winning chemists?

Chemists from the United States have won the Nobel Prize seventy-nine times, more than double any other country. The country's large population gives the country an advantage in this regard. 

With thirty-four wins each, Germany and the United Kingdom take the second place spot.