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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 is awarded to Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter, because they have revolutio- nised both chemistry and the development of new pharmaceuticals through directed evolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering reactions that let molecular building blocks snap together to efficiently create new desired compounds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 and 2019. Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria’s Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two winners were named - one for 2019 and one for 2018 - because the prize was not awarded last year.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Nobel laureates K. Barry Sharpless and Carolyn Bertozzi share MIT roots. Two scientists with MIT connections have been awarded a share of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In an announcement made yesterday in Stockholm, Sweden, Carolyn R.