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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who showed how to create porous materials that can store gases like hydrogen and capture water from the air.
NPR's John Hamilton has more.
The prize went to Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University in Japan,
Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne,
Australia, and Omar Yagi of the University of California, Berkeley.
They were honored for their pioneering work on materials called metal organic frameworks.
The frameworks are molecular structures that contain large spaces inside,
which can be used to capture and store a wide range of substances.
One application is capturing the carbon dioxide produced by power plants.
Another is to store and release hydrogen so that it can be safely used as a fuel.
And in desert areas,
metal organic frameworks can be used to extract drinking water from even the driest air.
John Hamilton, NPR News.
President Trump says some furloughed federal workers should not get back pay when the federal government shutdown is over,