Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to Japanese, US researchers

Richard F Heck of the US and Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki of Japan have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, it was announced in Stockholm recently. Development of a chemical tool used for creating advanced chemicals, 'palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis' helped the three win the prize. Among its uses are carbon-based molecules that are as complex as those created by nature. The chemistry prize is the third Nobel Prize to be announced this year.