Nobel Notice

The Friday File: Earlier this week, the Chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded to the trio of Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry, whatever they are. The key, this is Shapless’ second Nobel in chemistry, making him the third dual winner in one field (along with John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger) and the fifth double winner (along with Marie Curie and Linus Pauling).