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Nobel Posters - Illustrated Presentations of
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry |
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1988
The determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic
reaction centre by Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Michel Hartmut. |
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1989
The discovery of catalytic properties of RNA by Sidney Altman and Thomas
R. Cech. |
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1990
The development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis by
Elias James Corey. |
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1991
The contributions of Richard R. Ernst to the development of the
methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy. |
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1992
The contributions of Rudolf A. Marcus to the theory of electron transfer
reactions in chemical systems. |
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1993
The invention by Kary B. Mullis of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
method; the fundamental contributions of Michael Smith to the
establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and
its development for protein studies. |
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1994
The contribution to carbocation chemistry by George A. Olah. |
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1995
The work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation
and decomposition of ozone by Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, and
Sherwood T. Rowland. |
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1996
The discovery of fullerenes by Robert F. Curl, Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto,
and Richard E. Smalley. |
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1997
The elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker and the
first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+-ATPase by Jens C.
Skou. |
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1998
The development of the density-functional theory by Walter Kohn and the
development of computational methods in quantum chemistry by John A.
Pople. |
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1999
The studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using
femtosecond spectroscopy by Ahmed H. Zewail. |
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2000
The discovery and development of conductive polymers by Alan J. Heeger,
Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hedeki Shirakawa. |
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2001
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about molecules that exist in
two forms that are mirror images of each other. Often it is important to
produce only one of these forms because the molecules, despite being so
similar, have quite different functions, in our cells, for example. |
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2002
Living cells consist of myriads of molecules. The large molecules, which
include the proteins, interact with one another and with other molecules
in a never-resting molecular machinery. How can we understand what is
happening inside the cell? One important step is to develop tools to
"see" with, and this is what this year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry
have done. |
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2003
Salt and water are important actors in the chemistry of life. Life on
earth, and our own lives, originated in salt water – in the oceans and
in the womb. Yet only fairly recently have we understood how water
molecules and salt ions are transported in and out through the cell
walls. |