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Nine Nobel Prize Predictions for 2021

These significant advancements could win the Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry.

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Nine Nobel Prize Predictions for 2021

These significant advancements could win the Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry.

Inside Science Staff

October 1, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                               

(Inside Science) -- Making predictions for the Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry has become an annual pastime at Inside Science. We've had some successful predictions in prior years -- for example, in 2018 we pointed to the research about cancer immunotherapy that won that year's prize for physiology or medicine. We also included lithium-ion batteries in our 2018 list, which went on to win the 2019 chemistry prize. Then, in 2019 we correctly picked exoplanets for the physics prize. This year we've searched for hints hidden in data -- as well as relied on our nonscientific intuitions -- to make our nine best predictions for the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes...

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