News Highlight
Scientists Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Key Takeaway
- Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022.
- About the Discoveries:
- The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology.
- Significance of Discoveries:
- The discovery harnessed the power of molecular interaction and introduced new, hidden ways of studying the natural world.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2022.
- About the Discoveries:
- Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger have each conducted groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states, where two particles behave like a single unit even when separated.
- Significance of Discoveries:
- The three have been awarded for their pioneering experiments in quantum information science. This expanding field could revolutionise computing, cryptography and the transfer of information via what is known as “quantum teleportation.”
- Quantum entanglement:
- It is the physical phenomenon that occurs when a pair or group of particles is generated, and they interact in such a way that the quantum state of each particle of the pair or group cannot be described independently of the state of the others.
- In this quantum mechanical phenomenon, the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects may be spatially separated.
- Entangled states are vital resources to facilitate many quantum information processing tasks and quantum cryptographic protocols.
- Quantum teleportation:
- It is a technique for transferring quantum information from a sender at one location to a receiver some distance away.
Nobel Prizes
- The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the five Nobel prizes in 1895.
- The Nobel Prizes are a set of recognition given to the fields of chemistry, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine by the Nobel Foundation.
- The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 and has ultimate responsibility for fulfilling the intentions of Alfred Nobel’s will.
- The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901.
Pic Courtesy: The Hindu
Content Source: The Hindu