Nobody wants harmful bacteria colonizing the surfaces of objects such as medical implants, yet we also don't want them building up a resistance to antibiotics. Well, help may be on the way, in the ...

A new open-access tool created by University of Toronto Engineering researchers provides a systematic way to organize and synthesize knowledge about metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)—a class of ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming research in metal–organic frameworks ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In 1989, Robson developed the first metal-organic framework, which can be used to capture and ...

Mario Wriedt, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UT Dallas, is conducting research with metal–organic frameworks. These structures recently won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for a ...

The polymers around us are basically a disordered mess, with long chains of atoms tangled around each other. But starting around 1990, chemists began developing techniques that allow us to build ...

IF YESTERDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT of the Nobel prize in physics—for developments in quantum mechanics that helped give birth to quantum computers—was greeted with general bafflement, today Sweden’s Royal ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa, and Omar M. Yaghi for their groundbreaking work in the design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for a versatile technology that can be used for an astonishing variety of purposes, from environmental remediation to drug delivery and energy ...

A new MOF design using controlled crystallization achieves a rare combination of fast, stable hydrogen storage and low system cost, marking a significant advance in cryogenic fuel materials. (Nanowerk ...