The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Periodic Table of Videos

I know, a rare Sunday post.

I figured it wasn't worth posting this explanation of this past week's Nobel Prize in Chemistry in January when I next had an open spot in the queue of scheduled videos.

So check this out. It's one of the better explanations of why asymetric organocatalysts are Nobel-worthy.

2019 Nobel - lithium-ion batteries

Source: XKCD

That's not really what the 2019 Nobel prize in chemistry went to, but it would be funny if it had.

Instead, the 2019 Nobel prize went to a trio of scientists who developed the technology for lithium-ion batteries.