Plans are underway for a new regional composting facility where food scraps will be collected as part of a larger Connecticut ...

While most solar cells on the market today are based on silicon, energy engineers have recently been assessing the ...

A research team has developed an innovative parameter, FoMLUE, to evaluate the potential of photoactive materials for ...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of University of Melbourne and former University of Michigan professor Omar Yaghi.

A scientific breakthrough that was deserving of a Nobel Prize could be the key we're looking for in the ongoing fight against ...

A team of researchers in China has developed a new low-cost biochar material that can efficiently remove persistent metal ...

In a remarkable convergence of chemistry and quantum physics, researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a light-harvesting phenomenon once thought unique to inorganic materials, ...

A new organic semiconductor molecule could lead to lighter and simpler solar panels made entirely from a single material. For almost a century, physics said it couldn’t be done with a single, simple ...

Johns Hopkins scientists, working with global partners, have unveiled a new way to build microchips so small they’re invisible to the eye. By developing special metal-organic materials that interact ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller, faster, and affordable microchips used across modern electronics ...

Microporous organic polymers (MOPs) are composed entirely of covalently linked organic molecules. These materials are characterized by their high surface areas, permanent microporosity, and structural ...