Demis Hassabis, the British computer scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday (Oct 9), has a Google connection. He is the cofounder of the company DeepMind, which was acquired by the tech behemoth.

Hassabis, who shared the Nobel with Professor John Jumper, and US-based Professor David Baker for their work on proteins, has an impressive bio.

Hassabis and Jumper were able to map the structure of proteins, the fundamental building blocks of life, with accuracy through the AI tool they developed, called AlphaFold2.

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The Nobel committee described the innovation as a "complete revolution" that helped in the study of 200 million proteins worldwide. Their work will help in developing treatments for antibiotic resistance, understanding enzyme behaviour, and creating vaccines.

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<h2>Demis Hassabis: Chess prodigy to Nobel laureate</h2>

Demis Hassabis, 48, was a child chess prodigy.

Born to Greek-Cypriot and Singaporean parents, he grew up in London&nbsp;and became a chess master when he was 13.

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Before Nobel, the Cambridge University graduate won numerous awards for his work in computer game design.

Hassabis, who graduated in computer science, worked in various American universities after getting his PhD from University College London.

In 2010, he cofounded the machine learning company DeepMind that was acquired by tech giant Google in 2014.

DeepMind combines neuroscience and machine learning to solve various problems. It was in news in 2016, when its AlphaGo programme beat a human&nbsp;Go player Lee Sedol, a world champion, in a five-game match.

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Demis Hassabis, the British computer scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday (Oct 9), has a Google connection. He is the cofounder of the company DeepMind, which was acquired by the tech behemoth.

Demis Hassabis, the British computer scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday (Oct 9), has a Google connection. He is the cofounder of the company DeepMind, which was acquired by the tech behemoth. Hassabis, who shared the Nobel with Professor John Jumper, and US-based Professor David Baker for their work on proteins, has an impressive bio. Hassabis and Jumper were able to map the structure of proteins, the fundamental building blocks of life, with accuracy through the AI tool they developed, called AlphaFold2. Also read: Explained: What is microRNA? Discovery awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine The Nobel committee described the innovation as a "complete revolution" that helped in the study of 200 million proteins worldwide. Their work will help in developing treatments for antibiotic resistance, understanding enzyme behaviour, and creating vaccines. Also read: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton Demis Hassabis: Chess prodigy to Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis, 48, was a child chess prodigy. Born to Greek-Cypriot and Singaporean parents, he grew up in London and became a chess master when he was 13. Watch: AI poses extinction-level threat × Before Nobel, the Cambridge University graduate won numerous awards for his work in computer game design. Hassabis, who graduated in computer science, worked in various American universities after getting his PhD from University College London. In 2010, he cofounded the machine learning company DeepMind that was acquired by tech giant Google in 2014. DeepMind combines neuroscience and machine learning to solve various problems. It was in news in 2016, when its AlphaGo programme beat a human Go player Lee Sedol, a world champion, in a five-game match. (With inputs from agencies)

Chemistry Nobel winner Demis Hassabis has a Google connection. Know about DeepMind cofounder

Jean-Pierre Sauvage of France, J Fraser Stoddart of Britain and Bernard Feringa of the Netherlands won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing molecular machines, the world&#39;s smallest machines.

&quot;They have developed molecules with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy is added,&quot; the jury said.&nbsp;&quot;The molecular motor is at the same stage as the electric motor was in the 1830s, when scientists displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, unaware that they would lead to electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors.&quot;

Molecular machines will &quot;most likely be used in the development of things such as new materials, sensors and energy storage systems,&quot; it said.

The three will share the eight million Swedish Kronor&nbsp;(around $933,000 or 832,000 Euros) prize equally.

The first step towards a molecular machine was taken by Sauvage in 1983, when he succeeded in linking together two ring-shaped molecules to form a chain.&nbsp;Normally, molecules are joined by strong bonds in which the atoms share electrons, but in the chain they were instead linked by a freer mechanical bond.

&quot;For a machine to be able to perform a task it must consist of parts that can move relative to each other. The two interlocked rings fulfilled exactly this requirement,&quot; the Nobel jury said.

The second step was taken by Stoddart in 1991, when he threaded a molecular ring onto a thin molecular axle and demonstrated that the ring was able to move along the axle.&nbsp;&quot;Among his developments...are a molecular lift, a molecular muscle and a molecule-based computer chip,&quot; the jury said.

Feringa was meanwhile the first person to develop a molecular motor;&nbsp;in 1999 he was able to make a molecular rotor blade to spin continually in the same direction. Using molecular motors, he has also designed a nanocar.

The chemistry prize is the third Nobel to be announced this week.&nbsp;On Tuesday, the physics prize went to British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for their work on &quot;topology&quot;, a mathematics field studying unusual phases or states of matter.&nbsp;On Monday, the medicine prize went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his pioneering work on autophagy,&nbsp;a process whereby cells &quot;eat themselves&quot;, which can result in Parkinson&#39;s and diabetes when disrupted.

The peace prize will be announced on Friday, the economics prize on October 10, and the literature prize on October 13.

(AFP)

The three will share the eight million Swedish Kronor (around $933,000) prize equally

Jean-Pierre Sauvage of France, J Fraser Stoddart of Britain and Bernard Feringa of the Netherlands won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing molecular machines, the world's smallest machines. "They have developed molecules with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy is added," the jury said. "The molecular motor is at the same stage as the electric motor was in the 1830s, when scientists displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, unaware that they would lead to electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors." Molecular machines will "most likely be used in the development of things such as new materials, sensors and energy storage systems," it said. The three will share the eight million Swedish Kronor (around $933,000 or 832,000 Euros) prize equally. The first step towards a molecular machine was taken by Sauvage in 1983, when he succeeded in linking together two ring-shaped molecules to form a chain. Normally, molecules are joined by strong bonds in which the atoms share electrons, but in the chain they were instead linked by a freer mechanical bond. "For a machine to be able to perform a task it must consist of parts that can move relative to each other. The two interlocked rings fulfilled exactly this requirement," the Nobel jury said. The second step was taken by Stoddart in 1991, when he threaded a molecular ring onto a thin molecular axle and demonstrated that the ring was able to move along the axle. "Among his developments...are a molecular lift, a molecular muscle and a molecule-based computer chip," the jury said. Feringa was meanwhile the first person to develop a molecular motor; in 1999 he was able to make a molecular rotor blade to spin continually in the same direction. Using molecular motors, he has also designed a nanocar. The chemistry prize is the third Nobel to be announced this week. On Tuesday, the physics prize went to British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for their work on "topology", a mathematics field studying unusual phases or states of matter. On Monday, the medicine prize went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his pioneering work on autophagy, a process whereby cells "eat themselves", which can result in Parkinson's and diabetes when disrupted. The peace prize will be announced on Friday, the economics prize on October 10, and the literature prize on October 13. (AFP)

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Trio win 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 'world's smallest machine'