Japan's Kitagawa among 3 scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry

Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa, along with two others, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.Kitagawa became the 31st Japanese Nobel laureate, following Shimon Sakaguchi, a 74-year-old distinguished professor at the University of Osaka who won the prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for his team's groundbreaking discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.The three, including Kitagawa, a 74-year-old distinguished professor at Kyoto Univ…READ FULL ARTICLE