About this episode

This episode explores the materials that won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, featuring insights from laureate Omar Yaghi and other researchers.

In this episode, Uncovered hops back to the first episode of C&EN's StereoChemistry, which delved into the materials that won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Reporter Matt Davenport spoke with now-laureate Omar Yaghi and a handful of other researchers in and around this exciting subfield of chemistry. For more from C&EN on MOFs, check out our MOF topic page . Similarly, to read more about this year's Nobel Prizes, and look back at other years, we have a topic page for that as well . Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporters: Matt Davenport, Mitch Jacoby Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr, Matt Davenport Episode artwork: H2MOF Music: 'Commercial Flow', Shutterstock ––– 'Inflection', Jeremy Barr Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email cenfeedback@acs.org .

People in this episode

Host: Craig Bettenhausen

Guest: Omar Yaghi

Topics covered

• MOFs
• Nobel Prize
• chemistry
• materials science
• research
• interview

Keywords

• MOFs
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Omar Yaghi
• materials
• chemistry
• C&EN
• research

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Organizations: Chemical & Engineering News, Stereo Chemistry, C&EN, Shutterstock

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