The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal ...

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry for discovering a new form of molecular architecture: crystals that contain large cavities.

On 13 May 2025, a spinning top-shaped object plummeted through Earth's atmosphere from the dizzying heights of space, coming to rest on the russet sands of the Australian desert. This was the W-3 ...

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

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Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) report that an exotic quantum phenomenon appears under conditions where it would not normally be expected. Nature follows many rhythms: the Earth’s orbit around the sun ...

A University of California, Berkeley chemistry professor was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks or molecular structures that can ...

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

Critics slammed attempts by Google, Microsoft and Meta to speed up materials discovery. But behind the hype, there is progress.