NSF congratulates laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry
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Image caption: K. Barry Sharpless, Carolyn Bertozzi and Morten Meldal received the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.” Image credit: © Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. NSF News – October 5, 2022.
Three scientists shared the prize for developing “click chemistry” — a functional type of chemistry based on molecular building blocks that snap together — and bioorthogonal chemistry, which uses click chemistry within the cells of living organisms. […]