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US, Japan favored for Nobel chemistry prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- U.S. and Japanese researchers are among the favorites to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry, but don't expect any recent discoveries to get the nod.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Wed, Oct 08 2008

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