he spoke about how the chemical reaction has been further developed by akira suzuki, the other japanese nobel laureate. he was asked how to win a nobel prize. he stressed the importance of persistently pursuing a subject of interest, rather than aiming to win. negushi, suzuki, and american scientist richard heck shared the prize for the development of a cross-coupling technique with palladium as a catalyst. negishi is expected to return to japan on wednesday local time. he is expected to give a helping hand to japanese businesses. sony appointed him its special adviser. negishi will help develop products as as solar cells and electronics and other organic products. he'll help the japanese draw up long-range plans. sony said he's the first noble laureate to be appointed an adviser. they hope his appointment will lead to the development of ro h revolutionary products. >>> russia's foreign minister told his north korean counterpart monday that his country is deeply concerned about the north's uranium enrichment program. he stressed the importance of resuming the six-party talks. they met i

elichi negishi and akira suzuki lectured to about 1,000 students in stockholm and around the world onednesday. negishi is a special professor at purdue university. he began his speech by saying that his 50-year dream came true when he won the award. >> we all are organic. and if you look around, especially in this room, that's organic. you guys are all organic. and the floor's organic. flowers are organic. most everything is organic. and as organic chemists, clearly our goal is to be able to synthesize them all. >> negishi said their cross-coupling may help develop green chemistry, which tries to solve food and environmental problems. suzuki is a professor emeritus at hokkaido university. he explained the way they discovered stable coupling and how it works. >> in the near future if you use our cross-coupling reaction i'll be very happy. i don't have any patent. so you can use as much as you want. thank you very much for your kind attention. >> suzuki and negishi share this year's nobel prize with richard heck of delaware university. they will attend a celebration at japan's embassy i