Nobel chemistry laureates Shirakawa, Heeger shake hands

Nobel chemistry laureates Shirakawa, Heeger shake hands

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japan's Hideki Shirakawa (R) shakes hands with physicist Alan Heeger of the United States when they attended a reception Dec. 8 hosted by the Japanese Embassy in Sweden before an award ceremony Dec. 10. Shirakawa, Heeger and chemist Alan MacDiarmid of the U.S. jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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