NOBEL PRIZE IN THE BAG

Chemists' work likened to Harry Potter pal pouch

- BY STEFANIE DAZIO

SCIENTISTS have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a structure compared to the enchanted handbag in Harry Potter.

The committee said their development of metal-organic frameworks that could play a part in solving some of humanity's greatest challenges.

An expert likened the discovery by Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi to Hermione Granger's beaded handbag.