Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots:

Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc. were honored for their work with the nanoparticles, which are just a few atoms in diameter and “have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps,” according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which announced the award in Stockholm.

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Bawendi got stuck with me as a lab partner in one of our chemistry classes in college. He was brilliant then, and I’m not surprised to see him win this honor. Congratulations to all on their remarkable achievement!