STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development.

Google suddenly finds itself with two Nobel laureates on its staff. On Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Demis Hassabis and John Jumper are recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Little Rock native John Jumper was recently honored with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.