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Gas container using Nobel Prize winner’s technology draws attention
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (288+ words) A gas container using a technology developed by Japanese Nobel Prize winner Susumu Kitagawa is drawing attention, with demonstration tests underway. The container, seen as a promising new means of transporting gas, uses metal-organic frameworks, for which Kitagawa won the…...
Nobel co-winner Susumu Kitagawa calls for funds for basic research
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (136+ words) It takes around 25 years for basic research to produce results and put them to practical use, says the Kyoto University professor. Nobel co-winner Susumu Kitagawa calls for funds for basic research Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, one of the three…...
Polluted and poor: Blighted U.S. cities tackle 'toxic soup"
5+ mon, 20+ hour ago (887+ words) The path to Minnesota's groundbreaking, new anti-pollution law began at a metal-shredding facility in Minneapolis before spreading its "toxic soup" along the banks of the Mississippi. The factory, now shut, was once recognized as a source of lead, chromium and…...