Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday along with Smith and Winter. The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to two researchers in the United States and one in Britain. The Nobel Prize in chemistry, which honours researchers for advances in studying how molecules combine and interact, is being announced Wednesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The 9-million-kronor ($1.01 million) chemistry prize is the last of this year’s scientific Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, honouring the man who endowed the five Nobel Prizes, will be revealed Monday.

Source: National Post October 03, 2018 10:02 UTC