Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi Awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi Awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi Awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The prize recognizes their development of metal-organic frameworks.
Each laureate receives 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
This award is part of the sequence of Nobel prizes announced this week.
The chemistry award is one of several prestigious recognitions established by Alfred Nobel.

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal-organic frameworks," according to Reuters, South China Morning Post, and TRT Global.

The Nobel Prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, includes a monetary award of 11 million Swedish crowns (approximately $1.2 million). This latest honor is noted as the third of the six Nobel prizes announced this year, following awards in physics and medicine earlier in the week, reports Reuters, and South China Morning Post.

Nobel chemistry awards, established by Alfred Nobel, have recognized significant scientific advancements since 1901, including techniques for DNA sequencing and breakthroughs in nuclear fission, according to TRT Global. The chemistry laureates' work has opened "new opportunities for solving some of the challenges we face," as stated by the award committee, further acknowledging the enduring significance of chemistry in scientific inquiry.