US, Japanese scientists win Nobel for chemistry finds
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A combination of undated handout photos shows the winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From left, Akira Suzuki, Ei-ichi Negishi and Richard F. Heck. American scientist Richard Heck, and Japanese scientists Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki shared the prize for the development of "palladium-catalysed cross-coupling", a tool that makes it easier to build complex chemicals, including those that could help in the fight against cancer. Handout / Purdue University / Hokkaido University / University of Delaware via Reuters |
STOCKHOLM - An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for inventing new ways to bind carbon atoms with uses that range from fighting cancer to producing thin computer screens.
