CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Biochemical engineer Frances Arnold received the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize for her discoveries that launched the field of ‘directed evolution’, which mimics natural evolution to create new and better proteins in the laboratory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neste congratulates the winner of the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize, Professor Martin Green.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Millennium Technology Prize trophy, Milky Way, has been designed by the Finnish sculptor Pekka Jylhä. “The visual starting point for Milky Way is Planet Nine, a hypothetical planetary body that has intrigued the scientific community in recent years.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology.