Nobel Prize in Chemistry

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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1. When was Nobel Prize in Chemistry built?By the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895
2. How big is Nobel Prize in Chemistry?Protein structure prediction and computational protein design
3. What is the administering body?Nobel Foundation
4. What is the awarding academy?Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
5. How are winners chosen for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?Scientists are nominated by their peers, then five members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry review the nominations. The Nobel Foundation makes sure only discoveries that are very important are honored.
6. When is the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ceremony held?The award ceremony takes place every year on December 10th in Stockholm, the day that remembers Alfred Nobel’s death.

Chemical Dynamics: The study of the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions.
Osmotic Pressure: The minimum pressure which needs to be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of its pure solvent across a semipermeable membrane.
Protein Structure Prediction: The computational process of determining the three-dimensional shape of a protein from its amino acid sequence.
Computational Protein Design: The process of designing novel proteins with specific functions using computer algorithms.