Tanaka dismisses complaints, defends his Nobel prize+

Tanaka dismisses complaints, defends his Nobel prize+

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speak at a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm on Dec. 9 prior to receiving their awards Dec. 10. Tanaka dismissed complaints from European researchers who said other researchers better deserve the prize, noting he and his team were the first to develop soft desorption ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules.

Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of the awards ceremony Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, a senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., explained the origin of macromolecule ionization through lasers.

Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

Nobel laureate Tanaka speaks at Stockholm Univ.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speaks Dec. 8 at Stockholm University ahead of the awards ceremony Dec. 10. Tanaka, 43, a senior engineer at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp., explained the origin of macromolecule ionization through lasers. (Kyodo)

Tanaka dismisses complaints, defends his Nobel prize+

Tanaka dismisses complaints, defends his Nobel prize+

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Masatoshi Koshiba (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, speak at a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm on Dec. 9 prior to receiving their awards Dec. 10. Tanaka dismissed complaints from European researchers who said other researchers better deserve the prize, noting he and his team were the first to develop soft desorption ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules. (Kyodo)