Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly way to transform discarded orange peels into a highly efficient material that can remove toxic dyes from wastewater, offering a sustainable ...

A solar-powered water filter removes contaminants smaller than viruses without clogging or needing pumps, exploiting electrokinetic repulsion instead of nanopores.

Jessica Rimsza, a materials engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, sees untapped potential in what most people see as waste. Food scraps, manure and sewage are natural byproducts of the U.S.

Scientists at the University of Groningen, led by Nobel laureate Ben Feringa and colleagues, have created a new porous material that captures and releases carbon dioxide using only visible light. The ...

In 2025, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for pioneering a new way to build materials from metal nodes and organic linkers. 1 These crystalline ...