Nobel Prize 2016 in Chemistry was awarded today, 5 October 2016, to three scientists:  French Jean-Pierre Sauvage, American Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Dutch Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

This year’s winners have scooped the Nobel prize in chemistry for their work on molecular machines: controllable, nanometre-sized structures that can convert chemical energy into mechanical forces and motion. It’s nifty stuff that has allowed chemists to construct a host of molecular devices, from switches to motors.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.