Metal Organic Frameworks: How simple curiosity became a Nobel Prize 

Written by: Valkyrie Gibson

Edited by: Brenna Saladin, Camila Gonzalez, Kaitrin Freeland, Ryan Schildcrout

Illustrated By: Caroline Harms

My brother loved playing with Legos as a kid. He followed instructions to build the Millenium Falcon, Hogwarts castle, or the Statue of Liberty. But after completing a set, he’d take it apart and mix all the pieces up in bins, leaving them until he was ready to build something new; maybe the Millenium Falcon could be turned into a house, a tree, or a fantastical new city. He could build anything with a bit of interest and imagination. This natural curiosity I saw in my brother, and that many of us experience as kids, lives on in the minds of scientists. 

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