October 10 - Gerhard Ertl today received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces," - which greatly affects the chemical industry and helps increase understanding in a variety of areas including fuel cell research, production of artificial fertilizers, and the processes that allow catalytic converters to clean vehicle exhaust. Ertl is a foreign associate of National Academy of Sciences.
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