Süddeutsche Zeitung: Der verhinderte Laureat
(on-line English translation)
The Scientist: Nobel Prize Controversy
Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded amid protests that two of mass spectrometry’s inventors overlooked
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 presentation speech and illustrated presentation are now available on the Nobel e-Museum site. Still photos of John Fenn, Koichi Tanaka and Kurt Wüthrich accepting the award are also on the site and streaming video of the Nobel Lectures will be available later in the week.
Asahi Shimbun Online: Koshiba, Tanaka give Nobel lectures
The Japan Times: Nobel Laureate Defends His Research
The Straits Times (Singapore): Uproar over Nobel award for Japanese chemist
Times (UK) Online: Nobel Prize for Chemistry ‘given to wrong man’
ABCNEWS.com: Nobel Winners Give Advice to Scientists
Chemical & Engineering News: Winning Ways – Nobel Prize-winning techniques made mass spec and NMR amenable to biological molecules
Richmond.com: Fenn Meets with Swedish Ambassador
Asahi Shimbun Interview with Koichi Tanaka: Give engineers the attention they deserve
The International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS) Web site has been updated. Take a look and note that abstracts for the 2003 Conference in Edinburgh are due February 1, 2003.
The 15th Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry, “Ion Activation in Chemistry and Biochemistry: Mechanisms, Dynamics, and Applications,” will be held January 24 – 28, 2003, at Sanibel Island, Florida.
The 2003 Lake Arrowhead Conference on Ion Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry will be held January 17–19, 2003 at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, California.
Japan’s Newest Star: A Chemist
Christian Science Monitor 11/4/2002
Sunday, the emperor awarded Nobel laureate Koichi Tanaka Japan’s highest academic honor.
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The Japan Times Online: Tanaka to share Nobel knowhow at Kyoto University
The Virginia Commonwealth University Web site has audio, video clips and photos from the October 9 press conference with John Fenn following the Nobel Prize announcement.