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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has won the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize?
A
Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman
B
Robert Langer and Linus Torvalds
C
Tim Berners-Lee and Tuomo Suntola
D
Richard Friend and Shinya Yamanaka
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2022 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Scientia Professor Martin Green of the UNSW Sydney, Australia, for his innovation that has transformed the production of solar energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work uncovering the genomes of our ancient human ancestors and other early hominins.

Detailed explanation-4: -2024 Millennium Technology Prize will begin 1 April 2023. The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded for groundbreaking technological innovations that benefit people globally. We welcome nominations from around the world, from all fields of technology, excluding military technology.

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