The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”In 2024, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to David Baker for his pioneering work in computational protein design, while Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper jointly received the other half for their contributions to protein structure prediction.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday.Earlier this week, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics went to John Clarke (UC Berkeley), Michel H. Devoret (Yale University and UC Santa Barbara), and John M. Martinis (UC Santa Barbara) for their discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in electric circuits.The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr Shimon Sakaguchi for explaining how the immune system distinguishes between harmful pathogens and the body’s own cells.About the Nobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry has a rich history of recognising groundbreaking scientific achievements. Since 1901, a total of 116 Chemistry Prizes have been awarded, honouring 197 laureates. Accounting for repeat winners like Frederick Sanger and Barry Sharpless, 195 individuals have received the award.The prize was not awarded in eight years: 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1940, 1941, and 1942.The youngest Chemistry laureate is Frédéric Joliot, who received the prize at 35 in 1935 alongside his wife Irène Joliot-Curie.The oldest laureate is John B. Goodenough, who won at 97 in 2019, making him the oldest Nobel laureate across all categories. Of the 195 recipients, only eight have been women, including Marie Curie and Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, who were awarded unshared prizes. Notably, Marie Curie and her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie are the only mother-daughter duo to have each won the Chemistry Nobel.In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won for developing CRISPR/Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool.What do Nobel Prize winners get?Each Nobel laureate receives a cash prize of 11 million Swedish kronor (around $1 million), funded by the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor who established the awards. The prizes are formally presented on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death.The remaining 2025 Nobel Prizes are scheduled as follows: the Literature Prize on Thursday, October 9, at 13:00 CEST; the Peace Prize on Friday, October 10, at 11:00 CEST; and the Economic Sciences Prize on Monday, October 13, at 11:45 CEST.