Nobel Prize for chemistry research goes to German celebrating birthday

Thursday, October 11, 2007

NEW YORK -- A German scientist received a startling present Wednesday on his 71st birthday: a $1.5 million Nobel Prize to honor his groundbreaking studies of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces.

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