Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for method to visualise biomolecules

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson receive £825,000 prize for developing method for generating 3D images of life-building structuresThe Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for developing a technique to produce images of the molecules of life frozen in time.Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson will receive equal shares of the 9m Swedish kronor ( £825,000) prize, whichwas announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 4, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis Tags: Nobel prizes Chemistry Science People in science Science prizes World news Source Type: news