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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Innovators in Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi recognized for groundbreaking contributions in chemistry with potential applications in environmental solutions.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal-organic frameworks.
The three scientists' work could be used to tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide that could help tackle climate change or reducing plastic pollution using chemistry.
I'm deeply honoured and delighted, thank you very much, said Professor Kitagawa on the phone to the news conference after he was told the news.
The three winners will share prize money of 11 million Swedish kronor (£872,000).
The three scientists' work is about how molecules can be built together into structures. The Nobel committee called it molecular architecture.
These are called metal-organic frameworks, which have large spaces between the molecules that allow gases and other chemicals to flow through.
The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Professor Kitagawa works at Kyoto University in Japan, Professor Richard Robson is at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi is at the University of California, US.
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, and David Baker for their work on proteins. It is the third science prize awarded this week, following the Physics and Medicine prizes.