Three U.S. scientists win Nobel prize for taking chemistry into cyberspace
- 11 years ago
In Stockholm on Wednesday, news that three U.S. scientists will share the 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STAFFAN NORMARK SAYING:
"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor Martin Karplus at University de Strasbourg, France and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Professor Michael Levitt at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA and Professor Arieh Warshel at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA."
The prize was awarded to the men for essentially taking chemistry to cyber-space.
The men pioneered the use of computer models that simulate complex chemical reactions, work that revolutionized research in areas from drugs to solar energy.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE NOBEL COMMITTEE IN CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR SVEN LIDIN, SAYING:
"The contributions from this year
(SOUNDBITE) (English) PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STAFFAN NORMARK SAYING:
"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor Martin Karplus at University de Strasbourg, France and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Professor Michael Levitt at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA and Professor Arieh Warshel at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA."
The prize was awarded to the men for essentially taking chemistry to cyber-space.
The men pioneered the use of computer models that simulate complex chemical reactions, work that revolutionized research in areas from drugs to solar energy.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE NOBEL COMMITTEE IN CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR SVEN LIDIN, SAYING:
"The contributions from this year