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Princeton, Oct 6 (EFE/EPA).- Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their "development of asymmetric organocatalysis,” the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced on Wednesday.Their work has had a “great impact on pharmaceutical research and has made chemistry greener,” it added.The two scientists have received the prestigious prize for developing a third catalyst in 2000 after researchers believed there were only two types of catalysts. (Camera: JUSTIN LANE). SHOT LIST: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DAVID MACMILLAN SPEAKS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AFTER HE WAS AWARDED THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY ALONG WITH GERMAN CHEMIST BENJAMIN LIST, AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, US.

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