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 ...

Why are elements like radium dangerous? A chemist explains radioactivity and its health effects

Remarkably, even though radioactivity is a threat to life, scientists can control and use it to diagnose and treat diseases – including cancers. If the radiation is delivered precisely to where cancer ...