Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Omar Yaghi on 6 December 2025 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

0:00 - Omar Yaghi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
0:13 - Can you tell us about your childhood?
2:52 - What type of child were you?
4:41 - What influence did school and teachers have on you?
6:02 - Why did you move to the US?
7:47 - What does science mean to you?
9:50 - What motivates you?
10:55 - Do you still feel the thrill of discovery?
11:30 - What responsibilities do researchers have towards society?
13:06 - How important is it to solve problems like climate change?
14:26 - Does science offer us hope for the future?
15:24 - What advice do you have for young researchers?
18:03 - What qualities do you need to be a good scientist?
21:01 - What role does creativity play in science?
22:38 - How did it feel when you made your Nobel Prize-awarded discovery?
25:24 - Do you think AI is a help to science?
28:47 - How did you find out about your Nobel Prize?

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