- By Nidhi Giri
- Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:19 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Nobel Prize 2024: The Nobel prize in Chemistry 2024 was shared by David Baker “for computational protein design” along with Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper “for protein structure prediction.” The announcement was made by the Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday. This comes a day after John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning.
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.
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The Nobel announcements are made over a period of six days. The first announcement was made on Monday with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun being honored with the medicine prize.
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.
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The literature prize will be announced on Thursday, followed by the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. While the economics award will be revealed on October 14.