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Nobel Prize Announcements: Wednesday Chemistry – Theoretical Winners

2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel “for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems”.

Nobel Prize.org is 1:23 from the announcement.  Of course, yesterday was delayed.  

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Did someone not answer their phone?  

Ian Tracey is head of @CERN UK – he shared this photo of a panel being ignored because their audience was waiting for the Nobel announcement.  Which is delayed a bit longer.  

iantraceysciencepanel

Best new hashtag is FakeNobelDelayReasons

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Early speculation is it will be Peter Higgs.  Or a combination of Higgs and the experimentalists at CERN.  Or a lot of people will be left out.  Or no one will be happy. There is concern about giving due credit, and not diluting the prize.  Etc.#twittersummary

@upulie shares some other possible contenders.  

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Cellular Transport Mechanisms, basic science research.  

aww heck, just go read her twitter stream:  An enthusiastic scientist

And here’s the official site:  Nobel Prize dot org

Tomorrow is Physics.  

Obama Strikes Balanced Tone in Nobel Prize Speech

President Barack Obama faced a unique challenge in Oslo this week as he delivered his Nobel Peace Prize speech after ordering the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops into the Afghanistan conflict. Commander in Chief in the midst of two wars, Obama described the war in Afghanistan as “just” and acknowledged the need for military force in the face of violent conflict.



“In a ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Mr. Obama was formally welcomed into the ranks of Nobel laureates

who have won the prize, which was established 108 years ago. He said he accepted the award with

‘deep gratitude and great humility.'”

* All captions quoted from the New York Times, photo credit to Doug Mills.