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Materials Science Oct 13, 2025

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from Nobel-winning metal-organic frameworks

When the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Omar Yaghi—the "father of metal-organic frameworks," or MOFs—along with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, it celebrated more than the creation of a new class of crystalline ...

Materials Science Oct 9, 2025

Q&A: Exploring metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with chemist

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three researchers, including University at Albany alum Omar Yaghi, for their work on developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—versatile molecular materials that can be ...

Materials Science Oct 9, 2025

Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning, tiny 'sponge crystals' with an astonishing amount of inner space

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 structures with extremely ...

Environment Oct 8, 2025

Sticky ammonia is tricky to measure: Innovative field method reveals scale of problem

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O).

Materials Science Oct 8, 2025

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of ...

Environment Oct 1, 2025

Pathogenic yeast strains found in urban air but not along the coast

As city dwellers may know, escaping to the beach can provide a much-needed change of scenery or a mental reset. Historically, some doctors even prescribed trips to the sea to treat diseases. And now, research published in ...

Environment Sep 29, 2025

Bacterial endotoxins are high-potency, low-mass drivers of PM₂.₅ toxicity, sampling study reveals

Endotoxin, a toxic chemical found in bacteria, makes up only 0.0001% of PM2.5 fine particles but packs a serious punch when it comes to its bioactivity.

Analytical Chemistry Sep 18, 2025

Chloride-resistant Ru nanocatalysts developed for sustainable hydrogen production from seawater

The growing global demand for clean energy and rising concerns over climate change have intensified the search for sustainable alternatives. Hydrogen emerges as a promising solution due to its high energy density and zero-carbon ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 8, 2025

'Optical sieve' detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before

Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller ...

Environment Aug 28, 2025

Chromium-6, nanosilver detected in LA fire cleanup zones

Air quality scientists have detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium and silver in air samples collected from the debris cleanup zones for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, which occurred January 2025 in Los Angeles ...

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