Nobel prizes 2025

2025 Chemistry Nobel announcement

2025 chemistry Nobel prize goes to the scientists behind metal–organic frameworks

2025-10-08T11:54:00+01:00

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi take top prize for discovery and development of versatile materials with a huge surface area

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Explainer: why have metal–organic frameworks won the Nobel prize in chemistry?

2025-10-08T14:52:00+01:00By

 Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi scooped the Nobel prize for their work on MOFs – here’s everything you need to know

2025 Nobel prize winners

Meet the three scientists who have just won the Nobel prize in chemistry

2025-10-09T09:58:00+01:00By

Learn about the lives of newly minted chemistry Nobel laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi 

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Omar Yaghi: 'MOFs are the most beautiful compounds ever made'

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Omar Yaghi on why chemistry is his hobby

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Rethinking workplaces for neurodivergent staff

Neurodivergent people often excel in skills highly valued in chemistry. Nina Notman investigates how employers are breaking down barriers and harnessing these talents through workplace adjustments and recruitment reforms

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Kesterite solar cells break efficiency ceiling after decade-long stall

Once-promising kesterite solar technology has finally broken through its efficiency ceiling, jumping from a decade-long stall at 12.6% to nearly 17% in just three years – putting commercial viability within reach.

2025 Chemistry Nobel announcement

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The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live

Join us as we provide analysis and commentary in the run up to the announcement of the biggest prize in chemistry

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Pharma sector jolted by unpredictable US tariffs policy

Firms face tough decisions amid Trump’s threatened taxes on pharmaceutical imports and ‘capricious’ approach to tariffs

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Trump’s latest rule on research grants sidelines scientific merit and adds bureaucracy, academic groups warn

A new White House directive will see political appointees vet federal research funding decisions

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Why I’m still in love with the Nobel prize

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The enthusiasm and excitement the awards generate for the sciences are still second to none

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The Nobel laureate on the joys of entering a developing field, and the century of vision

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Why young scientists must lead a new era of global collaboration

A prize better than the Nobel

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How a reality check, a little patience and a lot of polysaccharides shaped my scientific journey

Trump steps up pharma tariff threat

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Taxing branded drug imports could hit biotech innovators hardest

Building better batteries with chemistry’s toolbox

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How organic chemistry powers the development of sustainable batteries

AI tools for chemistry aren’t the end, they are a means to a beginning

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Is there life after death for the fields that fall to AI?

2025 Nobel prize winners

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Meet the three scientists who have just won the Nobel prize in chemistry

Learn about the lives of newly minted chemistry Nobel laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi 

2025 Chemistry Nobel announcement

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The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live

Join us as we provide analysis and commentary in the run up to the announcement of the biggest prize in chemistry

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Why I’m still in love with the Nobel prize

The enthusiasm and excitement the awards generate for the sciences are still second to none

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Robert Huber: ‘I call the last century the century of vision’

The Nobel laureate on the joys of entering a developing field, and the century of vision

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Beyond selfies with Nobel laureates

Why young scientists must lead a new era of global collaboration

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Why we should stop venerating Nobel laureates

The winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry have all made mistakes – and that’s inspirational

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A prize better than the Nobel

How a reality check, a little patience and a lot of polysaccharides shaped my scientific journey

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Why company presentations are irrelevant

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Employees need freedom to choose how to work most effectively

This is especially important to ensure neurodiverse employees get the support they need