Prof. Shechtman receives Nobel Prize
Israeli Professor Dan Shechtman recieved the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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. (Ynet)
