All Chemistry World articles in November 2025
From wooden models to thousands upon thousands of structures, this month Julia Robinson tells the story of how Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry. Plus the usual roundup of news, research and opinion from across the chemical sciences.
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News‘I worked on it little by little, with the help of a beer’: Making MOFs out of paper
Chemistry World talks to Ryo Horikoshi about engaging students with chemistry concepts using his stunning paper models
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ResearchNew class of antifungals show potent effects against priority pathogens
Coniotins, found in another fungus, is effective against drug-resistant pathogenic fungi
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ResearchCould climate change cause sharks to lose their bite?
Increasing acidification of the world’s seas puts shark’s teeth at risk
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ResearchTale of Britain’s post-Roman economic crash overturned by ancient metal pollution discovery
Analysis points to metal-working industry continuing long after Romans left
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NewsDiscussions begin on association of Australia to Horizon Europe
Australia considers joining 20 other non-EU countries in world’s largest research programme
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ResearchNuclear waste might one day be used to create tritium to fuel fusion power plants
Los Alamos National Lab team is modelling the efficiency and cost of reactor designs that can generate tritium from waste
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ResearchPhotocatalytic process converts carbon dioxide into ethylene with 99% selectivity
New process uses light and gold nanoparticles to hydrogenate carbon dioxide into key chemical feedstock
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ResearchNew electron diffraction strategy could make it easier to study solvated organic microcrystals
The approach combines carbon liquid cells and rapid data acquisition to study solvated molecules at room temperature
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NewsPFAS spring new surprise as some are far more acidic than thought
The acid dissociation constants for some PFAS are significantly lower than past metrics have indicated, with implications for their persistence and spread
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BusinessUK loses life sciences investment as pharma companies halt expansion plans
Industry seeks greater share of healthcare spending to support innovation
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ResearchPorphyrin ring pushes the size limit for fully aromatic molecules
Nanoring structure features 18 porphyrin units linked together by butadiyne units
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ResearchUS court rules that $1 billion in NSF research grant cuts will not be restored
Lawsuit on behalf of university faculty, graduate students and others continues despite judge’s decision not to issue a preliminary injunction
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ResearchTransforming plastic waste into an efficient CO2 capturing material
Upcycled amide can efficiently capture carbon dioxide from flue gases, as well as air
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ResearchComprehensive investigation suggests stirrer bars have little impact on reactions
Examination of over 300 organic reactions suggests stirring is nothing more than a placebo
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NewsTeflon diet earns trio the 2025 Ig Nobel chemistry prize
The prizes that first make you laugh, then make you think reward more irreverent scientific ideas.
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ResearchOne-pot atom swap chemistry allows direct indole-to-benzimidazole conversion
Industrial chemists set to benefit from addition to skeletal editing toolbox
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BusinessTitanium dioxide loses EU carcinogen label after court ruling
EU products no longer have to carry warnings about cancer risk from inhalation
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ResearchGut bacterium amplifies amphetamine’s addictive pull
Discovery could lead to better ways to treat addiction
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BusinessNovo Nordisk’s new chief cuts 9000 jobs
Danish firm shifts strategy after struggling to capitalise on its weight loss drugs
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ResearchHow does Clarivate pick its potential Nobel prize winners?
Chemistry World talks to the head of research analysis at the Institute for Science Information on how they decide which researchers are producing Nobel-worthy research