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Detailed explanation-1: -Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work ‘Snapping Molecules Together’ Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were honored for their advances in “click chemistry, ” which has played a role in treating and diagnosing illnesses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Their functional chemistry works wonders The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”

Detailed explanation-3: -1- Physiology or Medicine: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 was jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. 2- Physics: Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was jointly awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Caption: 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.