Nobel laureate Shirakawa delivers lecture in Sweden

Nobel laureate Shirakawa delivers lecture in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm on Dec. 8. Shirakawa, 64, a professor emeritus at Tsukuba University, has been named recipient of the Nobel prize together with Alan Heeger, 64, and Alan MacDiarmid, 73, for their work on conductive polymers -- plastics able to conduct electricity.

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