Nobel Prize in Chemistry bagged by Two Japanese and American

STOCKHOLM (GaeaTimes.com) — After the declaration of Nobel prize in physics yesterday, today it was turn for chemistry. American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel prize in Chemistry. They were awarded for their achievement in developing a chemical method that helps scientists make medicines and better electronics.

According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, they were honored for their development of palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic systems.

Undoubtedly, the three Nobel Laureates are stalwarts in chemistry. Heck, 79, is a professor emeritus at the University of Delaware. Negishi, 75, is a chemistry professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, while 80-year-old Suzuki is a professor at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.

Negishi was very much excited post the announcement. He said,

I went to bed last night well past midnight so I was sleeping but I am extremely happy to receive the telephone call.

On the other hand, Hokkaido University is in a mood of celebration.

Professor Suzuki has been mentioned as a candidate in the past few years and we’ve been waiting for this to happen for all these years,” “We were standing by and we are extremely delighted.

, university spokesman Hidetoshi Nakatsuka said.

Yesterday Russian-born Andre Geim, 51, and Konstantin Novoselov, 36, of the University of Manchester in England jointly won the Nobel prize in physics for revolutionary experiments with graphene.