Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure

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Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure  The chemistry award is the third 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/08/three-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-work-on-metal-organic-frameworks  Euronews Next is a future-focused news section covering global innovation, science and technology with a European perspective. Our dedicated team of journalists aims to educate and inspire today’s leaders by providing them with analysis and insights into the people and organisations shaping our future

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00:00Three scientists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular

00:07structure that can remove carbon dioxide from air and pollutants from water.

00:13The winners, Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yagi, represent Kyoto University,

00:19Australia's University of Melbourne and UC Berkeley respectively. Their innovation

00:25involves metal organic frameworks or MFOs, materials built with metal nodes and organic

00:31linkers forming cages. These let molecules in and out. The Nobel Committee said the material

00:38has the capacity to hold a large amount in a tiny space. MFOs can help clean forever chemicals from

00:45water, break down drug residues and could power carbon capture and green energy technologies.

00:51Since 1901, 116 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry have been awarded. Only eight winners have been women.

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