Nobel laureate inspires students in Beijing: the 'Goldbach's conjecture' of life sciences

By Li Menghan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-01-26 15:48

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If you could travel back to prehistoric times, what questions would you leave behind to help ancestors develop life science? Listen to what Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Paul Nurse, said about his views on this question and on the oldest and best-known unsolved "Goldbach's conjecture" in life science when addressing students in Beijing.

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