All nobel prize articles
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NewsHow are the winners of the Nobel prizes chosen?
Despite being one of science’s most prestigious prizes, the process of awarding the prize is shrouded in mystery
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OpinionSusumu Kitagawa: ‘I tell my students three words: luck, stubbornness and perseverance’
The winner of the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry on books, porous materials and his mantra for success
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ResearchFifty years after he won the Nobel, Lipscomb’s insights into boranes continue to pay dividends
From fundamental bonding theory to practical applications, William Lipscomb’s influence can still be felt across chemistry
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PodcastNobel prize in chemistry 2026: predictions
We discuss our picks for this year’s chemistry Nobel prize. Plus, are there certain traits that make a Nobel laureate?
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FeatureNMR spectroscopy from its origins to hyperpolarisation and beyond
From Richard Ernst’s Nobel prize-winning techniques to hyperpolarisation and in-situ battery analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy continues to reinvent itself
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NewsWho will win the 2026 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Annual list of ‘citation laureates’ includes scientists behind base editing, self-assembled monolayers, and those who improved our understanding of electron transfer in proteins
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NewsHideki Shirakawa, who shared chemistry Nobel for discovering conductive polymers, passes away at 90
Collaboration with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger on doped polyacetylenes ushered in new field of electronics
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NewsAda Yonath, chemistry Nobel winner who mapped the ribosome, dies at 87
Pioneering x-ray crystallographer changed the way science understood ribosomes and protein synthesis
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NewsIs the US witnessing the start of a brain drain of chemists to China?
Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi is the latest prominent chemist to leave for China and his high-profile departure may signal growing unease
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus passes away just before turning 103
Theoretical chemist who came up with one of his most important ideas in a just month also mentored more than 100 young researchers
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OpinionCelebrating click chemistry’s 25th birthday
The field ‘is nowhere near mature – if not in its infancy, then perhaps enjoying a highly active childhood’, says one of click chemistry’s orignators
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NewsThree chemistry Nobel laureates shared their failures – and how they overcame them
Laureates talk about how they faced frustration and self-doubt over whether they were cut out for chemistry before they finally triumphed
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NewsCollaborating with a Nobel laureate may actually hinder chances of winning a Nobel prize
Research suggest that those who work alongside laureates may not be seen as original thinkers
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OpinionThe chemistry of mentorship
Making connections from the small scientific community of Costa Rica to a global network of peers
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NewsQuantum dot pioneer and Nobel prize winner Louis Brus dies at 82
Brus shared the 2023 chemistry Nobel prize with Alexei Ekimov and Moungi Bawendi
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OpinionThe wide-ranging influence of the Bohr effect
While not a Nobel prize-winning discovery in itself, this challenge to the reductionist view of physiology has links to several other winners
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NewsGeneticist James Watson who co-discovered the structure of DNA dies at 97
Famed for his work on DNA’s structure, but Watson courted controversy throughout his career
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OpinionWhat makes a scientific breakthrough truly chemical?
Why MOFs are a great choice for the Nobel prize in chemistry
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ResearchExplainer: the Welch Award in Chemistry
Many people have never heard about one of the biggest awards in chemistry. Chemistry World sets the record straight.
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WebinarWalter Kohn: from kindertransport and internment to DFT and the Nobel prize
Explore the legacy of Walter Kohn, the 1998 joint winner of the Nobel prize in chemistry