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UC Berkeley Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

From Inside Higher Ed: “Omar Yaghi, the Berkeley professor; Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University in Japan; and Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne in Australia were recognized for their work since the 1990s to develop a new form of molecular architecture that combines metal ions and carbon-based molecules, according to a release from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which administers the Nobel Prize. The metal-organic frameworks can harvest water or store toxic gases. The release noted that the frameworks ‘may contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges.’”

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