Topic: Richard Heck
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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded for unemployment research
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three economists who examined how unemployment can remain high while jobs stand vacant.
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Richard Heck, a retired University of Delaware chemist, among Nobel Prize winners
Richard Heck worked in the 1960s to find a new way to bond carbon atoms. Now, some two decades after he retired, he has been honored with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for palladium work
The three winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry found new ways to use the metal palladium as a chemical matchmaker.
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Japan revels in good news: two Nobel Prize winners
Two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, prompting special editions of newspapers and popular cheer after a run of bad news about political scandal and a stuttering economy.
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