Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly to Professor Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. Photo: P. S. Howell, Rice University Prof Robert F. Curl Jr Rice University, Houston TX, USA Photo: Prudence Cummings Associates Prof…
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The Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
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The Loker Hydrocarbon building (east elevation) Photo: Adrian Velicescu Located at the heart of the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, California, the Loker Institute’s 43,000 square feet building features well-equipped state-of-the art laboratories and an attractive work environment. The George and Judy Olah library and the splendid reading room atop the building…
moreJohn Pople – Biographical
Biographical
My early life was spent in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, a small seaside resort town (population around 5000) on the west coast of England. I was born on October 31, 1925 and lived there with my parents until shortly after the end of the Second World War in 1946. No member of my family was involved in…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Karl Myrbäck, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry of Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The 1970 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Dr. Luis Leloir for work of fundamental importance for biochemistry. Dr. Leloir receives the prize for his discovery of the sugar nucleotides and…
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