Chemist Omar Yaghi invented materials called MOFs, a few grams of which have the surface area of a football field. He explains why he thinks these super-sponges will define the next century ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

On a high plateau in northwestern Argentina, a cluster of turquoise lagoons has quietly rewritten what scientists thought they knew about the earliest stirrings of life. Hidden in one of the driest ...

Long feared as a silent killer, hydrogen cyanide may have been a key ingredient in the origin of life on Earth.

Vertical graphene microstructures break the thickness-performance tradeoff in thermoacoustic speakers, enabling flexible ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer versatile solutions for gas separation and drug delivery, driven by their high surface ...

An atmospheric study reveals unexpected findings about our largest neighboring planet and the structure of its deep atmosphere.

Asthma may not be driven by the molecules scientists have blamed for decades. Researchers have identified “pseudo leukotrienes,” inflammation-triggering compounds formed by uncontrolled free-radical ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

If you store wine on top of your fridge, you might be “cooking” it without realizing it. Here’s where bottles should (and shouldn’t) live.

Perovskite solar cells fail because oxygen inside them slowly tears them apart. A taurine layer can stop this damage.

She and her staff at Union Carbide created synthetic materials that improved various industrial processes, including ...