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Richard Heck of the U.S. and Ei-Ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki of Japan are honored for developing a key synthetic technique to make complex organic molecules used in medicine and electronics. Two Japanese and an American who developed a key synthetic technique for making complex organic molecules used in medicine, agriculture and electronics have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Three scientists who produced an atom-by-atom map of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday, a breakthrough that has been vital for the development of new antibiotics.