The Nobel Prize for chemistry has gone to a single researcher, Dr Shechtman, for his discovery of the structure of quasicrystals
"Under the microscope he observed that the new crystal was made up of perfectly ordered, but never repeating, units - a structure that is at odds with all other crystals that are regular and precisely repeating."
And for that he pockets 10m Swedish krona (£940,000) prize.
"Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."