Halogen bonding makes its debut in a permanently porous framework

Michael McGuirk, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, led this study that demonstrated the first permanently porous halogen-bonded framework.
June 24, 2026

Unrecovered byproducts from US mines could meet the country’s demand for dozens of critical materials

A study led by Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is the focus of this article. Holley's study, originally published in the journal Science, focused on the critical minerals that exist in the waste streams of U.S. mining operations.
August 29, 2025

First single crystal structure of actinium shows unexpected coordination behaviour

Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart, an actinide chemist at the Colorado School of Mines, US, welcomed the ‘key information’ the research provided for future anticancer therapies. ‘Moreover, the differences between its binding and that of La 3+ underscores ....
July 22, 2024