Nobel chemistry prize awarded for crystal materials that could revolutionise green technology

The metal-organic frameworks discovered by the three scientists are helping to revolutionise green technology and many other ...

Enhancing the industrial relevance of alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes by exploiting their 'hidden reactivity'

Amides and thioesters are ubiquitous compounds in chemistry, used for the production of medicines, natural products, and advanced materials. Traditionally, their synthesis is a messy business, ...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of an architecture that some ...
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Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...