1986Nobel Prize for Nerve Growth Factor Discovery

Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen received the Nobel Pr...
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🥇 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded to Ochoa and Kornberg

Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg received the Nobel Prize for their work.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded to Ochoa and Kornberg (1959)
Nobel PrizeBiochemistryMolecular BiologyArthur KornbergSevero OchoaNucleotide Synthesis
SwedenSwedenUnited StatesUnited States

🧬 Nobel Prize for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Structure

Max Perutz and John Kendrew shared the Nobel prize for their work on the structure of hemoglobin and myoglobin.
Nobel Prize for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Structure (1962)
Nobel PrizeBiochemistryMolecular BiologyProtein StructureHemoglobinMyoglobinX-ray CrystallographyStructural Biology
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🦠 Stanley Prusiner Proposes the Existence of Prions

Stanley B. Prusiner proposed the existence of infectious proteins, or prions. His idea is widely derided in the scientific community, but he wins a Nobel Prize in 1997.
Stanley Prusiner Proposes the Existence of Prions (1982)
PrionsProtein MisfoldingStanley PrusinerNeurodegenerative DiseasesMolecular Biology1980sBiochemistryNobel Prize
United StatesUnited States

🧠 Nobel Prize for Nerve Growth Factor Discovery

Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of Nerve growth factor (NGF).
Nobel Prize for Nerve Growth Factor Discovery (1986)
NeuroscienceNobel PrizeNerve Growth FactorNGFLevi-MontalciniCohen1980sCell BiologyMolecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
ItalyItalyUnited StatesUnited States

💡 Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity

Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity (1986)
PhysicsSuperconductivityMaterials ScienceHigh-Temperature SuperconductorsMüllerBednorz1980sSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsNobel Prize
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🥇 Nobel Prize Awarded for High-Temperature Superconductivity

High-temperature superconductivity discovered in 1986, awarded Nobel prize in 1987 (J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander Müller)
Nobel Prize Awarded for High-Temperature Superconductivity (1987)
PhysicsSuperconductivityMaterials ScienceHigh-Temperature SuperconductorsMüllerBednorz1980sSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsNobel Prize
SwitzerlandSwitzerland