3 Makers of World’s Smallest Machines Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry - The New York Times
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Winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa, are displayed at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday as Sara Snogerup Linse, who heads the panel that selects nominees, explains a principle with the aid of a bagel.
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Three pioneers of nanomachines — making molecules that move — were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday.
These “molecular machines, the world’s smallest mechanical devices,” can be eventually be used for new materials, sensors and energy storage systems, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in announcing the prize.
“In terms of development, the molecular motor is at the same stage as the electric motor was in the 1830s, when scientists displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, unaware that they would lead to electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors,” it said.
The three scientists — Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa — will equally share the prize of 8 million Swedish kronor, or about $930,000.
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