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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of an architecture that some chemists compare with a molecular sponge.

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The Nobel Committee for Chemistry announced that Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi had won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday.

John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals

His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.

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Dr. John B. Gurdon in 2012, the year he shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. When he was a teenager, a teacher tried to dissuade him from pursuing science.
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