2023-10-06 00:31
From chemistry exam flunker to Nobel chemistry winner
MAN OF SUBSTANCES An image obtained from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shows MIT chemist Moungi Bawendi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The French-born Bawendi, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov won the prize for research in semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. —AFP WASHINGTON—Talk about bouncing back. Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Moungi Bawendi is a cowinner of this year's Nobel chemistry prize for helping develop 'quantum dots'—nanoparticles that are now found in next-generation TV screens and help illuminate tumors within the body.

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