China News Service, October 5th. On the afternoon of October 5th, Beijing time, the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for the In recognition of their contributions to "click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry".

Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the Nobel Prize

　　The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was first awarded in 1901. As of 2021, there have been 113 awards and 188 winners.

　　The following is a list of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and their major achievements in the past 10 years:

　　2021:

　　David Macmillan (United States) and Benjamin Lister (Germany) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "progress in the study of asymmetric organocatalysis".

　　2020:

　　Emmanuel Carpentier (France) and Jennifer Doudna (United States), in recognition of their contributions to gene editing technology.

　　2019:

　　John Goodenough (United States), Stanley Whittingham (United States) and Akira Yoshino (Japan) shared the Nobel Prize for their contributions to the research and development of lithium batteries.

　　2018:

　　The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Francis Arnold (US), George Smith (US) and Gregory Winterley (UK) for their directed evolution of enzymes and phage display technology for peptides and antibodies results achieved.

　　2017:

　　Joachim Frank (DE/US), Richard Henderson (UK), Jacques Dubocher (Switzerland) developed cryo-electron microscopy to identify organisms in solution with high resolution Molecular Structure.

　　2016:

　　Jean-Pierre Sauvage (France), Fraser Stoddart (England) and Bernard Feringa (Holland) were awarded for "Design and Synthesis of Molecular Machines".

　　2015:

　　Thomas Lindahl (Sweden), Paul Modric (United States), Aziz Sancar (Turkey/United States), for their contributions to the study of gene repair mechanisms.

　　Year 2014:

　　Eric Betzig (United States), William Moner (United States), Stefan Hale (Germany), for "developing a super-resolution fluorescence microscope" award.

　　year 2013:

　　Martin Capras (US/Austria), Michael Levitt (UK/US), and Arie Vascheler (US/Israel) shared the Nobel Prize for their work in developing multi-scale complex chemical system models contribute.

　　2012:

　　Robert Lefkowitz (United States), Brian Kebilka (United States), for "G protein-coupled receptor research" award.