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A key discovery in a Berkeley lab led to a spray, now on the market, that protects skin from the cancer-causing UV emitted by gel hardening lamps — without affecting the nails' looks or durability.Read more about Gel nail manicures come with exposure to skin-damaging UV. A UC Berkeley chemist has a solution.

(SF Chronicle) - The University of California made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year. Photo: ©Nobel Prize Outreach, Clément Morin.Read more about University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

(College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm Sweden have named Yaghi one of the 2025 Nobel laureates in Chemistry.Read more about Omar Yaghi shares the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.Read more about UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(LA Times) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal-organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution and combat climate change. Photo courtesy of Atoco.Read more about Molecular discovery that won Nobel Prize in chemistry is likened to ‘Harry Potter’ enchanted handbag

(NY Times) - The prize was awarded to Omar Yaghi, Susumu Kitagawa, and Richard Robson for the development of an architecture that some chemists compare with a molecular sponge.Read more about Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

(BBC) - The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal-organic frameworks.Read more about Chemistry Nobel awarded for work on new materials that could help planet

(The Associated Press/NPR) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal–organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution and combat climate change. (Photo credit: Nobel Prize, Clement Morin)Read more about Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

(Reuters) - Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water.Read more about Trio win Nobel chemistry prize for work on 'Hermione's handbag' materials

Yaghi is being honored for pioneering the design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks, enabling advances in gas storage, carbon capture, and water harvesting from air.Read more about Omar M. Yaghi to receive 2025 Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society’s highest honor