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Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach gratuliert Leopoldina-Mitglied Omar M. Yaghi zum Nobelpreis für Chemie Für die Entwicklung metallorganischer Gerüstverbindungen wurde der Preis gemeinsam mit den Chemikern Susumu Kitagawa von der Kyoto University/Japan und Richard Robson von der University of Melbourne/Australien verliehen
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