[Breaking News]Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas. (Kyodo)

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa receives flowers from a university staff member in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas. (Kyodo)

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas. (Kyodo)

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (C) poses for a photo with his spouse (L) and Kyoto University President Nagahiro Minato following a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks to the press in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks during a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks during a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks during a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks during a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (R) receives flowers from a university staff member in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) is pictured following a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L), in the western Japan city, talks over the phone with Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow and 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino, in Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2025, after Kitagawa was named one of the three winners of the prize earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L), in the western Japan city, talks over the phone with Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow and 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino, in Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2025, after Kitagawa was named one of the three winners of the prize earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa speaks to the press in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (C), alongside his spouse and Kyoto University President Nagahiro Minato (R), attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa is congratulated by university staff in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 8, 2025, after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa attends a press conference in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.