Goran Hansson (center) announces the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Benjamin List and David MacMillan (Claudio Bresciani/TT New Agency via AP Images)

October 6, 2021 11:32 AM EDT

Two decades after discovering a new way to construct molecules, David MacMillan and Benjamin List win Nobel Prize

Nicole DeFeudis

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Catalysts play a vital role in drug development, driving complex sequences of chemical reactions to break down molecules or join them together. But until just …

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Two decades af­ter dis­cov­er­ing a new way to con­struct mol­e­cules, David MacMil­lan and Ben­jamin List win No­bel Prize

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