Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90

September 3, 2026 · 4:20 pm 2 sources

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• Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90
  The New York Times · September 4, 2026 16:06
  The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.

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• Japanese scientist Shirakawa, co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies at 90
  Phys.org · September 3, 2026 16:20
  Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering and developing conductive polymers, has died. He was 90.