Image of 3-D, synthetic DNA-like crystals created by Yaghi, Deng and colleagues

UCLA chemists Omar M. Yaghi and Hexiang Deng led a team that created three-dimensional synthetic DNA-like crystals that have a sequence of information which is believed to code for carbon capture. The discovery, published in the journal Science, could result in a new way to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions and could lead to cleaner energy.

Credit: CNSI, UCLA–Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics