Interview with Frances Arnold
The risk of losing free flow of ideas and people is one of the most pressing challenges for science, says 2018 chemistry laureate Frances Arnold. Here, she also elaborates on the importance of enzymes in healthcare, the promises of AI and the uses of “useless” knowledge in science.
Frances H. Arnold delivering her Nobel Prize lecture in chemistry on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, 3d illustration.
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Aage Bohr and Niels Bohr on the occasion of the defence of Aage's doctoral thesis, 1954.
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