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FRONTLINE: Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy

FRONTLINE: Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (245+ words) Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ For decades, PFAS, a group of manmade forever chemicals prized for their water- and stain-resistance, were ubiquitous in everything from nonstick pans to raincoats to shoes.But accumulating research has…...

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kpbs.org > news > science-technology > 10/08/2025 > research-on-metal-organic-frameworks-gets-the-chemistry-nobel-prize

Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (226+ words) STOCKHOLM " Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi share the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in the development of metal'organic frameworks. Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the chemistry prize in Stockholm on…...