Don't call them stiff: Metal organic frameworks show unexpected flexibility

Despite their rigid-sounding name, researchers are reporting that MOF structures are also dynamic - much more so than previously thought.

Cooking up altered states

Churning raw milk sufficiently creates butter. Squirting lemon juice coagulates it into curd. These two phenomena are not as straightforward as they sound on the molecular level.

Black phosphorus could replace silicon computer chips

Researchers have created a high performance transistor using black phosphorus which has revealed some fascinating results.