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Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture

A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” a form of ...

Nobel in chemistry goes to molecular breakthroughs with climate applications

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi’s work has led to structures that can extract pollutants from water, capture ...
Scientific American

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic ...

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular structure that has been used to ...
The Mining Journal

Nobel in chemistry could trap CO2, hydrate deserts

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap ...

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

The chemists worked separately but added to each other’s breakthroughs over decades, beginning with Robson’s work in the ...

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry Wednesday for their work developing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), whose ...

Ex-ASU Professor among 3 awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap ...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of an architecture that some ...

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to ...