WATCH LIVE: Winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry is …

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The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced Wednesday.

Live coverage of the announcement is expected to begin at 5:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Watch live in our video player above.

Last year's winners were Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi, who created molecular constructions that can be used to "harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," according to the Nobel Committee.


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