Japan's Ryoji Noyori wins 2001 Nobel chemistry prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Ryoji Noyori (file photo), a professor at Nagoya University in Japan, was named a winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct 10. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Noyori shares the prize with William Knowles and Barry Sharpless of the United States.

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