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Nobel honours chemists capturing carbon

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in Stockholm for developing metal-organic frameworks that can capture carbon dioxide and harvest water.

Nobel honours chemists capturing carbon
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ABB Sells Robotics to SoftBank

Swiss industrial group ABB sold its robotics unit to Japan’s SoftBank for $5.4 billion, cancelling a planned IPO and transferring about 7,000 employees.

ABB Sells Robotics to SoftBank
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Nobel awards carbon capture pioneers

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks, a molecular architecture that can capture carbon dioxide.

Nobel awards carbon capture pioneers
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