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.

(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.''

Japanese scientists awarded for nanofibrillated cellulose research

Japanese scientists awarded for nanofibrillated cellulose research

Akira Isogai (2nd from R), a professor at the University of Tokyo, receives the Marcus Wallenberg Prize from Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden, in Stockholm on Sept. 28, 2015. Co-recipients are Tsuguyuki Saito (L), an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, and Yoshiharu Nishiyama (2nd from L) of the Centre de recherches sur les macromolecules vegetales in France. (Kyodo) ==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)

(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.'' (Kyodo)

(1)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(1)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka (file photo) and two others have won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules,'' the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Oct. 9. (Kyodo)