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Ada Yonath
People thought she was crazy to try to do the impossible and make crystals of ribosomes. But she succeeded and paved the way for determining the structure of the molecular machine inside our cells....
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| Tags: Genes, Molecules inside us, Nobel Prize |
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Paul Alivisatos
Nanoparticles can be used to make materials with new properties, which could be the key to solving problems like how to best capture the energy from the sun. Meet one of the world's leading...
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| Tags: Energy issues, Materials, Technology |
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Roger Tsien
Meet Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien. He figured out how to make proteins glow with many different colors, enabling scientists to see what happens inside living cells.
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| Tags: Molecules inside us, Nobel Prize |
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Anna Elfving
Meet a young scientist from the north of Sweden. Anna Elfving works with proteins, searching for an unknown transcription factor in the cell.
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| Tags: Genes, Molecules inside us |
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Gerhart Ertl
His research on chemical reactions on solid surfaces has been crucial for the development of the catalysts that you find in every modern car, as well as artifical fertilizers, which have saved the...
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| Tags: Energy issues, Nobel Prize, Technology |
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Tom Cech
RNA is a very capable molecule! Meet one of the scientists who discovered its fascinating powers: Nobel Prize winner Tom Cech.
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| Tags: Molecules inside us, Nobel Prize |
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Jim Heath
Jim Heath at Caltech talks about his career and hopes for the future
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| Tags: Materials, Nobel Prize |