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Nobel science prizes awarded
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
(AP) — An American and a
C JHifidiun. who developed
a method for studying the
building hlocks of matter,
won the Nobel physics
prize Wednesday, and an
American whose research
led to more efficient and cleaner fuel won the chem
istry prize.
The physic s prize will he shared by Clifford G.
Shull of the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
and Bertram N Brockhouse of McMasier Univer
sity in Hamilton, Ontario
Both researchers, pioneers in the field of neutron
scattering, developed neutron spec troscopy, a
method of studying atoms, the elements that make
up matter
The sole winner of the $930,000 award for chem
istry wa* George A. Olah, 67. of the University of
California in Los Angeles
Olah revolutionized the study of hydrocarbons,
the ingredients of oil and natural gas. and uncov
ered new ways to use them
In the early 1960s, he and his colleagues dis
covered that extremely strong acids, called
supers* ids, could be used to modify hydrocarbons
so they were easier to study.
His work has a prominent position in all mod
em textbooks," the Koyal Swedish Academy of Sci
ences said in a statement announcing the award
It has allowed improvements in combustion
engines by raising the octane of fuel without adding
to pollution, the academy said.
It also has enabled scientists to make plastics and
other petroleum-based products with less damage
to the environment.
"Hydrocarbons are the ingredients of oil and nat
ural gas." Olah said. “When you fill up your car
in the morning, it is composed of hydrocarbons."
H«> said he was going to "donate" his prize mon
ey to his wife "She's overwhelmed. too,” ho said
Olah. who was born in Hungary, has 85 patents
from seven i ountries. Including four for the trails
formation of natural gas into the type of hydrocar
fions used in gasoline.
Brockhouse. 76, and Shull. 7ft, carried out their
research in the* years following World War II at
some of the first nuclear reactors
A Swedish professor ami member of the Acade
my of Sctent es. Karl Erik tarsson, said the nuclear
power debate kept the Nobel committee from hon
oring the physicists until now
"Politic* should not affect us, but we are only
humans." Larsson said,
Ironically, Brockhouse and Shull were never
interested in nuclear power. They merely used the
primitive researt h reactors to study how neutrons
an* Mattered when bouncing against atoms
The ground breaking research led several gov
ernments and institutions to pour billions of dol
lars into spec lal facilities for neutron scattering
Scientists at some of the facilities even won
Nobel prizes before Brockhouse and Shull. (ioorg
Bednorz and Alexander Muller, at the IBM
Research Laboratory in Switzerland, won in lftH7.
Pierres-Gilles do Gennes at the College da France
won in Iftftl.
Recently, researchers have started to use neutron
scattering to study virus and DNA-molecules. I-ars
son said the method has proved useful in the
detailed study of metal fatigue, crucial to aviation
and bridge building.
Brockhouse was only the second Canadian to
win a physics award, following Richard E. Taylor
in 1990 Shull added to the dominance of U.S. cit
izens in physics, bringing the number to 59 out of
146.
Olah was the 41st American, out of 123 winners
overall, to win a chemistry prize.
Cult death mystery begins to unravel
GENEVA (API — New dues
••merged Wednesday on the
deaths Iasi week of 53 members
of a doomsday cult, apparently
caught in a split between two
branches and infighting between
cull lenders
A Montreal newspaper. 1m
Pressc. reported that Canadian
police suspected Joel Egger and
Dominique Bidtaton were the
killers of n three-member family,
the Dutoits. found stabbed to
death in a Itixurs apartment near
Montreal. Sw iss police confirmed
that Kgger. a 35-year-old Swiss,
was among the charred bodies
found in a Swiss Alpine chalet
Hnllaton. a Canadian woman,
hasn't lieen identified among the
bodies
There was reportedly a split
between Canadian and Swiss
brain lies of the Order of the Solar
Temple, as well as infighting
between the cult's leaders, who
were believed to bo involved in
a money laundering and arms
rm ke*
The Swiss weekly l.'Hebdo
said. So:! million in cult money
had been transferred to an Aus
tralian account held by the set
retary of the cult's mastermind,
Joseph di Mambro, and that
Swiss authorities had asked the
Australians to freeze the
accounts.
Di Mambro, a 70-year-old
Irench-Cnnadinn, was one of the
bodies in the chalets in Granges
Sur Sal van.
Sw iss polit » have said that
many of the 4H victims in
Switzerland were murdered. Of
the five deaths in Canada, two
were thought to be suicides
The cull's apocalyptic Belgian
guru, 46-year-old but, Jouret, is
wanted under an international
arrest warrant on suspicion of
murder and premtKiitated arson
It is unclear if he is alive or dead
The fate of another key figure,
loan-Pierre Vinet, a Quubec busi
nessman reportedly close to
Jouret, also remains a puzzle. He
was arrested Inst year when he
tried to buy three semi-automat
ic pistols.
On Tuesday, Sw iss polit»• said
the cult's treasurer and one of its
main funders, Camilla Pilot, was
among IkkIh-s found in a farm
house in Cheir\
Pile!, a fiH year old former
sales director of a luxury Swiss
watch company, was closely
linked to Jouret. This prompted
Swiss media to speculate that
Jouret was more likely among
the dead than on the run.
But that theory does not
explain who posted doomsday
documents to news organiza
tions in Switzerland and France
— including The Associated
Press — a few hours after the
bodies were discovered. French
Interior Minister Charles Pasqua
also received a copy.
Swiss television reported —
without naming sources — that
the son of a famous French
sportsman had posted the let
ters, whir h were given to him by
Jouret shortly before the Oct 4
fires.
Identification may take weeks
because some of the bodies are
burned beyond recognition.
None of the corpses in the chalet
showed signs of being shot.
However, police confirmed
1 uesday that a .22-caliber pistol
found in the chalet had been
used in the Cheirv farmhouse
shootings.
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