European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9scientists in France Switzerland win Nobel prizes for physics chemistry Stockholm Sweden apr Nobel prizes were awarded wednesday to a French physicist who devised a theory explaining the behaviour of molecules in Many different substances and to a Swiss chemist who invented one of the most important analytical techniques in his Field. Pierre Gilles de Gennes of France 58, won for finding underlying similarities in the behaviour of molecules in a wide Range of solid materials from superconductors to the liquid crystals used in pocket calculators and Wristwatch displays the Royal swedish Academy of sciences said in awarding him the $1 million Nobel prize in physics. A some of the systems de Gennes has treated have been so complicated that few physicists had earlier thought it possible to incorporate them at All in a general physical description a the Academy said. Some of the Academy a judges called him a the Isaac Newton of our  Richard r. Ernst of Switzerland 58, won the $1 million Nobel prize in chemistry for his contributions to the development of High Resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The Academy said nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has become one of the most important analytic techniques in chemistry in the past 20 years. This is due to dramatic increases in the sensitivity of the technique made possible by Ernst a contributions the Academy  spokesman for the Federal Institute of technology in Zurich Switzerland said Ernst was on a plane from Moscow to new York on wednesday and had not been told he won the prize. Ernst has been a professor of physical chemistry at the Ridgeno Sische technical High school in Zurich since 1976. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy provides a Means of determining the Structure of molecules in solutions and of investigating the motion of molecules. It is a perhaps the most important instrumental measuring technique within chemistry a and it is also useful in physics biology and Medicine the Academy said. Nuclear magnetic resonance images of the body Are used As a diagnostic tool in Medicine. The technique has also provided experimental verification of the principles of the quantum theory of physics one of the most important physical theories of the 20th Century the Academy said. On de Gennes the Academy said his mathematical descriptions of crystals and Long Chai like molecules referred to As polymers have Broad applications. De Gennes of the College de France in Paris a has opened new Fields in physics and stimulated a great Deal of theoretical and experimental work in these Fields a the Academy said. A while this is pure research it has also meant the laying of a More solid foundation for the technical exploitation of the materials. Liquid crystals and  de Gennes his full name is pronounced pee Ehr wheel duh a Hahn said he was pleased to win the prize on behalf of the prestigious school of physics and chemistry in Paris which he has directed since 1976. He has had to struggle to retain adequate Public funding for the school. A the prize will give me arguments to defend my school a he said. Although much of his research has been theoretical it was done with an Eye toward applications de Gennes said. A fall of my research however fundamental is always motivated by practicality a he  aviators recount tales of capture torture in Book on Gulf War London apr two British aviators in a Book released wednesday Tell stories of their capture and torture by the iraqis who they say Tore out the fingernails of five British commandos during the persian Gulf War. Flight it. David1 Waddington 24, and flight it. Robbie Stewart 44, arc quoted As saying the commandos belonged to the British army a elite special air service regiment. The Sas waged a War of sabotage behind iraqi lines. Waddington and Stewart said the five were subjected to especially horrific torture because they were the toughest of the captured britons. They said iraqi interrogators Tore out the commandos fingernails and burned their legs but the Book gave no other details about them. Sas activities Are shrouded in secrecy and the regiment gives no Public details about its members. The Book Thunder and lightning a the Raf in the Gulf by Charles Allen was published by the official government publishing organization. It was authorized by the Royal air Force. Waddington a Pilot and Stewart his navigator said an iraqi missile hit their Tornado fighter bomber during a Low the giant British catamaran Seacat slips into the Harbor at Calais France on a tac in an air base in january. Wednesday after establishing a car ferry record for the English Channel crossing. The Tihey ejected whue flying 600 Mph at a 970-passenger Craft operated by the British ferry company hovers ced covered the height of under 200 feet. 21 Miles from Dover England to Calais in 34 minutes 2s seconds. Stewart suffered a broken shoulder setting car ferry record and crushed vertebrae and broke his leg in three places. He said police from iraqis ruling Arab baath socialist party picked him up and put him in a car. A one of them opened the door and prodded my foot just to see what reaction he would get. I started to vomit because of the pain a he said. He said he was blindfolded and taken to a Bunker where he was continuously hit across the legs with a stick. Guards stopped the medical staff from giving him a painkiller As they roughly put his dislocated Arm Back in position he said. The two britons said their interrogations intensified at a Baghdad prison. Waddington said he was blindfolded throughout the ordeal and hit on the head Back and legs every time he refused to answer questions. A sometimes they a beat me to the stage where id go unconscious a he said. A then id come round and they a ask me another question and beat me up  the iraqis beat him until they got the information they wanted and then he was moved to a Hospital. But Waddington said More bad treatment followed when he and other Allied prisoners were taken to an interrogation Center run by iraqi intelligence police. He said they were kept in separate cells and fed Only once a Day. His weight fell from 154 pounds to 119  team climbs to 5th spot in gun smoke Nellis fab Nev. The 86th fighter Wing from Ramstein a Germany moved from eighth to fifth place in Overall team standings during Competition tuesday in the biennial worldwide tactical gunnery meet also known As gun smoke. Pilots scored 3,243 out of a possible 3,600 Points for the first flight of their final flight profile and have 8,031 total Points. The 175th tac fighter group from Baltimore md., is in first place with 8,362. The aircrews Fly each profile twice and use the Best of their two scores in the final tally for the profile. The profile tuesday involved timed Low level navigation through five Gates to an attack. Timing is As important As targeting because 1,600 Points Are Given for getting through the Gates on time. The 86th had an excellent Day for bombing but lost 200 Points because of a missed Gate. It Cost capt. Dave Thirtyacre a perfect score of 900 for the event and also Hurt capt. Randy Morris score. They ended up with 800 and 766, respectively for the Day. Capt. Alan isrow scored 822, and capt. Ron Roberts scored 855. A scores Are close and its still anyone a ballgame a said it. Col. Steve Teske the 86th�?Ts team chief. A a we re not giving up  the pilots from the 20th fighter Wing at Raf upper Heyford England Are in 14th place. In the Competition for weapons Load ing Crews the 86th is in fourth place with 2,486 Points. The Crew from the 20th is in 11th place with 1,170 Points. Scores from three teams were awaiting review. The maintenance Crew from the 20th was in 10th place with 2,868 Points at the end of the Day tuesday. The score for the 86th maintenance Crew was awaiting review