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If your Nobel knowledge is second to none, our 2024 Nobel prize crossword is just the puzzle for you

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How AI protein structure prediction and design won the Nobel prize

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins of a biochemistry revolution

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The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live

Join us as we follow all the developments in the run-up to the awarding of chemistry’s biggest prize

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Twelve Nobel laureates tell us about winning chemistry’s biggest prize

Winners from the last two decades look back on the day a call from Stockholm changed their lives

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How satellite remote sensing is enhancing our understanding of Earth

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David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins of a biochemistry revolution

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Cern to end cooperation agreements with Russian-based researchers

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