The clean energy transition requires new means to transport energy that are less reliant on burning fossil fuels. This requires new materials to catalyze reactions to store and extract energy from chemical energy carriers without combustion. One promising set of materials to create these catalysts is metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), molecular structures made of metal ions and organic linkers.

Scientists and engineers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and the Department of Chemistry have developed a new computational tool that predicts which MOFs will be most stable for a given need.

BALTIMORE, MD, May 22, 2025 – Well-intentioned employer-paid maternity leave policies may be the catalyst for the unintended consequence of costing women jobs in the technology workforce instead of boosting their participation, according to a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science.

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or do depressed kids simply spend more time on social media?

A new study provides answers. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that as preteens used more social media, their depressive symptoms increased. Yet the reverse wasn’t true — a rise in depressive symptoms didn't predict a later increase in social media use.