Achivement by Masato

Dorcus wants to announce the greatest achievement that has done by Masato Suzuki, one of the Dorcus members. He won the prestigious award called Ryoji Noyori Science Award, who won the Novel Prize in Chemistry in 2001. The prize is given only 11 children from all over Japan. The wonderful accomplishment was made by heavily researching in basic rocks. The research was focused on how to crack rocks with precise intention. He solved the problem that basic rock is hard to separate properly with tools. He attempted to the difficulty to find what part of rocks are fragile and easy to break. He continuously tried to discuss with an expert in the field and make effort to it. He concluded that how to cut a ideal shape of rocks by making sure that from what degree the knife goes to rocks.

ドルカスから嬉しいご報告です。
ドルカスメンバーの鈴木雅人が国立科学博物館主催の２０１０年度「野依科学奨励賞」を受賞しました。彼は石器採集体験をしたことがきっかけで、さまざまな岩石の調査を開始し、この受賞研究のテーマである「石斧を思い通りに割る方法」を調査した結果、彼の努力がこの受賞へと導きました。

Here is the link:
Japanese Newspaper http://www.at-s.com/news/detail/100049978.html