Kitagawa, Who Found a Use for the Useless, Wins the Nobel Prize
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Kitagawa's Nobel Prize win highlights the value of unconventional research and its potential to lead to groundbreaking discoveries, sparking discussion on the importance of exploring seemingly useless ideas.
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