Nobel Prize Chemistry 2010 is shared by three scientists

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2010 is shared by three scientists by the names of Richard F. Heck, 79, Ei-ichi Negishi, 75, and Akira Suzuki, 80. During the 1960’s and

1970’s, these three talented chemists developed techniques to synthesize complex carbon molecules for medicines, which was no easy task.
According to nytimes.com, “each (chemist) independently made advances in using the metal palladium as a catalyst to link together carbon molecules into larger, more complicated structures.” Using this method of bonding carbon atoms has propelled the pharmaceutical industry. Lars Thelander, chairman of the chemistry prize committee, said, “They say that even 25 percent of all medicines that are synthesized today are made by one of these reactions.”
news.xinhuanet reports Negishi has been wanting this for over 50 years, saying “I was extremely happy, I would tell a lie if I say I wasn’t thinking of it. I have dreamed of this prize when I came to America where I encountered several Nobel Laureates in Pennsylvania.”
Along with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the winners for the Nobel Prize of Physics was also named this year. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were the two winners for this prize and you can read more about them at Graphene discovery wins Nobel Prize.

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