October 8, 2025 3:36 PM

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal–organic frameworks

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks", the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The more than a century-old prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the winners share 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million), as well as the fame of winning arguably the world's most prestigious science award. "Through the development of metal-organic frameworks, the laureates have p...