Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

Announcing the award on its website on Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the trio developed "molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow."

The Academy said the constructions and metal-organic frameworks can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases, or catalyse chemical reactions.

The laureates are Susumu Kitagawa, a professor from Kyoto University, Japan, Richard Robson, a Professor at University of Melbourne, Australia and Omar Yaghi, a Professor at University of California, Berkeley, USA.

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