2025

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Richard Robson. Richard Robson on campus after the announcement of the Nobel Prize, 8 October 2025. Richard Robson taking first-year students through a chemistry tutorial, the day after his Nobel Prize was announced, 9 October 2025. Richard Robson at University of Melbourne.

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Interview

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I set out to build beautiful things and solve intellectual problems”  Omar Yaghi was just changing flights when he had heard the news that he had been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In this conversation, recorded as he was departing on the next leg of his journey,…

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Photo of John Martinis taken by his wife Jean Martinis on 7 October 2025. John M. Martinis at the press conference following the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Physics 2025.

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Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 8 October 2025. Interview about the awarded work “They have taken basic principles of chemistry and have been able to build remarkable materials.” Olof Ramström, professor of organic chemistry and member of the…

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First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I thought there was a grizzly bear nearby” Actually, what Fred Ramsdell’s wife was telling him, while on a hiking trip together, was that he had been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In this conversation, Ramsdell speaks about the benefits of working in the environment…

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Interview

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “My wife is very kind to me, so she didn’t wake me up for a couple of hours.” John Martinis talks about the excitement of learning how to investigate problems with his co-laureates and , four decades ago, and how that experience taught him what to aim for when…

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