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Who will receive this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Who will receive this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Asked by: knewthenews in Science » Other
Settled on 10/05/2011 19:41 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:male individual Recent Nobel prizes have generally split credit for scientific advances among two or three people, but this year’s chemistry prize and accompanying 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.4 million) went to a single scientist: Dan Shechtman, 70, a professor of materials science at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/science/06nobel.html

Predictions
a male individual
26.3% →
a female individual
6.1% →
multiple male individuals
35.6% →
multiple female individuals
6.1% →
multiple male and female individuals
13.8% →
other (eg: organization, institute)
other (eg: organization, institute)
12.2% →

Background

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry In 1901 the very first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jacobus H. van 't Hoff for his work on rates of reaction, chemical equilibrium, and osmotic pressure. In more recent years, the Chemistry Nobel Laureates have increased our understanding of chemical processes and their molecular basis, and have also contributed to many of the technological advancements we enjoy today.

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