{
  "id": 28603,
  "title": "Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/17/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-nobel-laureate-rudy-marcus-1923-2026",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-17T20:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Caltech News",
    "slug": "caltech-news",
    "url": "https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-nobel-laureate-rudy-marcus-19232026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rudolph A. (Rudy) Marcus, Caltech's John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, passed away on July 16, 2026. The prolific chemist, who approached theory with infinite curiosity and the background of an experimentalist, was five days shy of his 103rd birthday. Marcus was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theoretical work on electron transfer among molecules in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}