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English 8 October 2025 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 to Susumu KitagawaKyoto University, Japan Richard RobsonUniversity of Melbourne, Australia Omar M. YaghiUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA “for the development of metal–organic frameworks” Their molecular architecture contains rooms for chemistry The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry M. Stanley Whittingham on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.  Do you remember a teacher that inspired you?  M. Stanley Whittingham: Two of them in particular got me enthusiastic about science. They were so excited themselves and they really tried to teach…

Interview with the 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier, recorded in Stockholm on 12 December 2022.  Where does your passion for science come from?  Emmanuelle Charpentier: I think it’s a combination of a lot of aspects in my childhood and education, that led me to the science world. Initially, the main interest I…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Akira Yoshino on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.  Do you remember a specific teacher?  Akira Yoshino: When I was in the third or fourth grade, my teacher recommended a book by Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle. It impressed…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry K. Barry Sharpless on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How does it feel to be back in Stockholm to receive your second Nobel Prize?  K. Barry Sharpless: I’m not great in social circumstances, so I feel uncomfortable when I’m under the…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Morten Meldal on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What do you enjoy about science?  Morten Meldal: I love to do things practically. I’m actually in the lab with my coworkers quite a lot. We’re doing exciting projects in the fume hood.…

Interview with the 2008 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, 6 December 2008. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien, welcome to Stockholm and congratulations on the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Martin Chalfie: Thank you. As I’m sure you’ve…

Students meet chemistry laureate Benjamin List , Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry 2021, was joined by 10 students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. List gave his best advice for maintaining a science career, spoke about green chemistry and shared…