Instinct goes up against number-crunching for Nobel prize predictions

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Chemistry predictions include inventor of the lithium–ion battery and metal–organic framework pioneers – as well as some less well known discoveries

With only days to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel prize winners, the usual speculation of who the most prestigious awards in science will go to is generating buzz once again. Predictions for the chemistry prize range from supercapacitors and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to old favourites like lithium–ion batteries.