Inadvertently revealed names of alleged Nobel chemistry prize recipients
Reuters, STOCKHOLM, Oct. 4 – The names of three scientists who it said had received this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry appear to have been accidentally published by Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences, despite the fact that the award-giving organisation claimed the decision was still hours away.
A copy of an email that the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet said came from the academy and listed the laureates as Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov was published.
An email from the Nobel Foundation stated that the development of quantum dots, which are nanoparticles whose size affects their properties, will be honoured with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023, according to Dagens Nyheter (DN), another Swedish newspaper.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made a mistake, according to Johan Aqvist, chair of the academy’s chemistry Nobel committee, who spoke to Reuters. No decision has been reached as of yet; our meeting begins at 9:30 CET (7:30 GMT). The winners are still to be chosen.
At 11:45 CET (09:45 GMT), the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced.
According to the statement, nanoparticles and quantum dots are employed in LED lighting and TV displays and can also be used to direct surgeons as they remove cancerous tissue, among other things.
