Photo: Surface Chemistry Work Garners German Scientist Nobel

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German scientist Gerhard Ertl answers questions at a press conference in Berlin.

Ertl won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry today—his 71st birthday—for his groundbreaking work into chemical reactions that take place on solid surfaces.

Photograph by Markus Schreiber/AP

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