New story in Technology from Time: Google Doodle Celebrates Noble Prize-Winning Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana’s Birthday
Known for his construction of the first synthetic gene and renowned research in nucleic acids and proteins, Indian American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana was honored with a Google Doodle Tuesday. Khorana’s work uncovered how a DNA’s genetic code determines protein synthesis — which dictates how a cell functions. That discovery earned him, along with two …