Mary E. Brunkow (USA), Fred Ramsdell (USA), and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) awarded for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

Reversible Self-Assembly of Organic Nanoparticles with Fluorescence Modulation
Organic nanoparticles reversibly self-assemble and show fatigue-resistant fluorescence modulation, offering new opportunities for smart optoelectronics

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🧪 Article Highlight: Expanding the Toolbox of Fluorinated Lewis Acids with B(C₆F₄Br)₃
B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation, represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry

Karl Ziegler Prize for Stefan Mecking
One of the highest German honors in chemistry presented for work that combines

Gene Editing Boosts Cacao Disease Resistance
CRISPR was used to make cacao plants less susceptible to black pod disease, a major threat to the global chocolate industry, without introducing foreign DNA

AIEgen-Based Cystatin C Quantitation for Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring
Cost-effective smartphone phosphorescence detection of cystatin C supports early warning and proactive care in chronic kidney disease

BASF and GIG Karasek Build One of the World’s Largest Industrial Heat Pumps
The companies are installing a nearly 50 MW industrial heat pump to produce CO₂-free steam, cutting up to 100,000 tons of CO₂ annually

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Artificial Molecular Machines Move Molecules into Micelles
Artificial molecular pumps can actively move charged ring molecules into polymeric micelles, mimicking cellular transport