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Virginia professor John Fenn wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University professor John Fenn shared half of the 1 million dollar Nobel Prize in chemistry with Koichi Tanaka of Japan for breakthroughs in mass spectrometry enabling rapid identification of large biological molecules. Fenn, 85, praised the honor while noting ongoing work with students at VCU and his future uncertain path.
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