Baker, Hassabis, Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

A view of the sign for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

The prize, widely regarded as among the most prestigious in the scientific world, is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million).

($1 = 10.3632 Swedish crowns)

(Reporting by Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard and Marie Mannes in Stockholm; additional reporting by Terje Solsvik in Oslo, Anna Ringstrom in Stockholm; Editing by Alex Richardson)