University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than two decades of discoveries about the molecular structure of proteins — discoveries that have led to new medical therapies,

On Wednesday morning, University of Washington biochemist David Baker woke up to his phone ringing. When he answered the call, his wife began screaming. Baker had just been told that he, along with two other scientists,

Johan Åqvist, Hans Ellegren and Heiner Linke award this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP) AP