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MotW: Nobel Prizes all about the carbon

By Sarah Webb on October 8, 2010

Carbon is the big star among the science Nobel Prizes this week. Sure, IVF is a big deal, too. But, today, I’m all about the element that ruled my life as an organic chemist. Carbon more than math is the universal common denominator of ‘O-chem. “As my undergraduate professor once quipped , “You just have [...]

Posted in Material of the Week, Molecule of the Week, science | Tagged carbon, chemistry, graphene, Nobel Prize, organic chemistry, palladium-catalyzed cross coupling, physics | Leave a response

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