Nano Pioneers Awarded $1M
OSLO, Norway, May 28, 2008 -- Scientists from the US and Japan who discovered quantum dots and carbon nanotubes, respectively, are among seven inaugural recipients of $1 million Kavli prizes, biannual awards for outstanding research in nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics.
The laureates were announced today at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters by Ole Didrik Lærum, academy president, and transmitted from Oslo via a live simulcast to Columbia University in New York, where it was part of the opening of the...