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      <title>&quot;This Week in Photos&quot; - Updated</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[He specializes in a branch of science known as photochemistry, in which the interactions between atoms, small molecules and light are analyzed. Now Jack Saltiel, a veteran professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University, is being recognized for decades of pioneering research in his field.]]></description>
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