Boo, ribosomes.

I have a vision: one day, some other Nobel prize will be stolen by a chemist![1] Why wouldn't cheap and plentiful solar cells made by chemists that solve the world's energy crisis be eligible for the Nobel Peace prize? Couldn't Pd coupling or Click chemistry be eligible for the Medicine prize for their contributions to drug discovery?

Alternatively, we could try to go the other route and try to get someone like Roald Hoffman a literature prize.





[1] In the Pipeline has a good description of the chemistrybiology behind this year's Chemistry prize. Ribsome interactions with antibiotics actually does sound pretty cool. Just not Chemistry, that's all.

[2] LOLcatz courtest of Paul Krugman, who posted it when he won an Economics prize last year.

hurrah for element 102

Lots of peeps are getting excited about the upcoming Nobel Prize (predictions from In the Pipeline, Nature, The Chemblog and Everyday scientist (well, sort of) here), and for good reason. With the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine going unclaimed since 2000, the prize has swelled to a staggering $190 million for the next recipent! Career change anyone?