This year's Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for the development of :
Super resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
The entire process of discovery makes a compelling read.
For more scientific details read at :http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/advanced-chemistryprize2014.pdf
For a more generalized read go to:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/popular-chemistryprize2014.pdf
After reading the press releases it definetly boosted up my love for science and the dimmest hope of getting a Nobel prize ( May seem too far fetched but you never know)
There are a few things this discovery teaches us which I think is very important for a science student:
1. Always question the so called LAWS of science, only then can you push it boundaries and invent something.
In this case the law being the Bragg's law of diffraction that is used by conventional microscopes and that stipulated that the resolution (the capacity of the microscope to distinguish between two close points) can never be better than 0.25 micrometers.
2. However, trivial or a no game changer your Idea may seem try it and most importantly PUBLISH it for the benefit of others.
All three awardees worked on the idea at different labs and had different questions looking towards the same answer and the award is shared by all three as they published and let the world know of their findings. It is also important to note that the Nobel committee (or The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ) acknowledges the contribution of all the papers towards this discovery. The papers range from 1995 to recent 2006.
One of the awardees Stefan Hell was first to theorize the idea and publish it. he recognised the potential and shared it instead of holding on to it till the time he had concrete proof, while still working towards it.
3. Even if you are criticized for your idea you can hold on to it and test it when you get a chance.
4. Take inspiration from other people's work (not too literally) and work towards advancement of the idea if you can.
People are always "inspired" in science or in any creative feild for that matter but most of us are inspired too literally to the verge of lifting other people's work and not adding to it.
Super resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
The entire process of discovery makes a compelling read.
For more scientific details read at :http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/advanced-chemistryprize2014.pdf
For a more generalized read go to:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/popular-chemistryprize2014.pdf
After reading the press releases it definetly boosted up my love for science and the dimmest hope of getting a Nobel prize ( May seem too far fetched but you never know)
There are a few things this discovery teaches us which I think is very important for a science student:
1. Always question the so called LAWS of science, only then can you push it boundaries and invent something.
In this case the law being the Bragg's law of diffraction that is used by conventional microscopes and that stipulated that the resolution (the capacity of the microscope to distinguish between two close points) can never be better than 0.25 micrometers.
2. However, trivial or a no game changer your Idea may seem try it and most importantly PUBLISH it for the benefit of others.
All three awardees worked on the idea at different labs and had different questions looking towards the same answer and the award is shared by all three as they published and let the world know of their findings. It is also important to note that the Nobel committee (or The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ) acknowledges the contribution of all the papers towards this discovery. The papers range from 1995 to recent 2006.
One of the awardees Stefan Hell was first to theorize the idea and publish it. he recognised the potential and shared it instead of holding on to it till the time he had concrete proof, while still working towards it.
4. Take inspiration from other people's work (not too literally) and work towards advancement of the idea if you can.
People are always "inspired" in science or in any creative feild for that matter but most of us are inspired too literally to the verge of lifting other people's work and not adding to it.
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