Prof. Shechtman to receive Israel's 10th Nobel Prize
The winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Israeli Professor Dan Shechtman, is due to receive a gold medal from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf during a ceremony in Stockholm.
Shechtman, who will also receive a prize worth $1.5 million, is in Sweden with his wife Tzipi, four children, four of his nine grandchildren, his brother and niece. He is also being escorted by Technion President Peretz Lavie and Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz.
