Topic: Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences

Two University of Manchester, England scientists have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on graphene, widely seen as having the potential to replace silicon in electronics. On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that ...
American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a chemical method that has allowed scientists to make medicines and better electronics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said ...

Carbon atom pioneers share Nobel chemistry prize

Richard Heck of the United States and Japan's Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki shared the 2010 Nobel Chemistry Prize Wednesday for pioneering research in linking carbon atoms.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences lauded the trio's work in "the development ...
2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel for cross couplingsAmerican Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki have won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry for "palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis."The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the ...

New 'climate-change index' gives warming pointer

Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a Dow Jones-style " climate-change index" aimed at showing in user-friendly form the perils posed by man-made global warming.The index takes a basket of complex factors -- carbon dioxide (CO2), temperature change, sea level and sea ice -- and distils ...