The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to write agenda-setting enterprise and investigative stories in Washington DC, with an emphasis on digging into data and sourcing in the world of governme...

My city no longer has a functioning newspaper. It’s true that the Washington Post still exists as offices in a building on K Street with its name out front, a site and an app, and an increasi…

Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment

All stories by Paul Boutin

The prize was awarded on Wednesday to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi.

Three scientists win award for devising new materials with ‘unheard of properties’

Omar Yaghi, 60, a U.S. citizen born in Jordan, said he was raised with a dozen others in one room.

Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who created revolutionary porous materials that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide from industrial facilities and remove toxins from water. Susumu Kitagawa, of Kyoto University, Richard Robson, of the University of Melbourne, and Omar Yaghi, of the University of California, Berkeley, shared the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

YouTube video by Ayush Prakash