Nobel winner Feringa gets successor

stockholm - Professor Ben Feringa from Paterswolde will hear Wednesday who succeeds as winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The winners receive a total of 9 million Swedish crowns (940,000 euros), a medal and eternal fame.

Feringa received the Nobel Prize last year for his research into molecules. He made 'engines' with a size of 1 nanometer, one billionth of a meter. They can help to deliver drugs exactly to the right place in the body.

Feringa received the Nobel Prize last year for his research into molecules. He made "engines" with a size of 1 nanometer, one billionth of a meter. They can help to deliver drugs exactly to the right place in the body.

As contenders this year, the Americans are called John Bercaw and Robert Bergman and the Russian Georgi Sjoelpin. The Dean Jens Nørskov, honorary doctoral student at Eindhoven University, is also a candidate for his research into new environmentally friendly fuels. This way he works on a way to produce hydrogen using sunlight and water.

In the coming days, the winners of the other Nobel Prizes (Literature, Peace and Economy) will be announced.