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

Chemistry Nobel rewards carbon capture
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks that capture carbon dioxide and other gases.
ABB sells robotics, abandons IPO
Swiss industrial group ABB sold its robotics unit to Japan's SoftBank for $5.4 billion, abandoning a planned IPO of the business.
