Nanotech pioneer, buckyball discoverer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62

Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball and one of the best-known and respected scientists in nanotechnology, died today in Houston after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news7723.html">Nanotech pioneer, buckyball discoverer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62</a></p> <p>Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball and one of the best-known and respected scientists in nanotechnology, died today in Houston after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.</p>