Chemistry
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English The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 Three scientists share this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry: William S. Knowles, previously at Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan and K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006 Contents: | | | | | | | | Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web
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The process giving rise to electro-luminescence can also be “run backwards”. Absorption of light creates positive and negative charges that are picked up by the electrodes, providing an electric current. This is the principle of the solar cell. The advantage of plastic is that large, flexible surfaces can be made relatively easily and cheaply.…
moreLord Todd – Biographical
Biographical
Sir Alexander Robertus Todd was born in Glasgow on October 2, 1907, the elder son of Alexander Todd, a business man of that city, and his wife Jean Lowrie. He was educated at Allan Glen’s School and Glasgow University, where he took his B.Sc. degree in 1928 and, after a short initial research training with…
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