Winter 2020/2021

The Wonderful World of MOFs
Follow us down this yellow brick road to learn how these deceptively small molecules conceal enormous potential for applications from carbon capture to data storage.

Lead and Spice, Anything but Nice
The discovery of lead in the Bay of Bengal launches a tortuous journey involving lead isotopes, turmeric and science heroes.

An Attractive Way to Recycle
Magnetic fields could lead to a cost-effective solution for recycling plastics.

Qubit Q&A
Chemist Danna Freedman explains superposition, decoherence and how they all add up to the most fun you could have with science.

Beneath COVID's spikes, a lethal hook may lurk
A University of Colorado researcher digs below the virus's membrane in search of another layer of infection-causing proteins.

How an S.O.S. Signal Can Help Save Young Scientists
Step No. 1 of the scientific process is: Ask a question. Sometimes, when things gets rocky, that means asking for support.

Ocean's Four: A Science Heist
A team of researchers pulls off a daring data caper in Delaware Bay, swiping secrets about the movement of molecules between air and water.

Aliens Attack! — and Other Science Predictions
Predictions made by visitors to the National MagLab’s 2020 Open House were funny, sweet — and a bit scary.

Navigating Ørsted's Copenhagen
Trace the two-centuries-old steps of the discoverer of electromagnetism.