Author Archives: Mark Peplow

Nature Index: How the US tech industry is shaping the transition to green energy

Major investments to fuel AI’s power demands are not the only way big tech is having an influence.

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Engineering: Electric Vehicle Market Slowly Edges Toward Solid-State Batteries

Companies are gradually overcoming technical challenges with batteries that offer longer driving range and safer operation.

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C&EN: ‘Berkelocene’ puts exotic berkelium in a sandwich

Researchers find bonding surprises at the extreme end of organometallic chemistry.

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Nature: Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?

A world-first facility has a new way to break down ‘unrecyclable’ plastic waste.

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C&EN: Slow proteins may contribute to many chronic diseases

Reactive oxygen species in cells cause proteins to link up through disulfide bonds, reducing their mobility.

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Engineering: Hydrogen Hubs Arise in the United States

Public funding brings producers and users of clean hydrogen together to boost adoption of the gas.

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C&EN: Simple method converts fluorspar into fluorochemicals

Generating common fluorinating agents directly from the mineral avoids the dangers of hydrogen fluoride.

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Graphene at 20

Twenty years after its discovery, the atom-thin carbon sheet is finding its footing (Science)

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The Future of Solar Power?

Perovskite–silicon ‘tandem’ photovoltaics are on the brink of commercialisation (Nature)

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Science: Coming of Age

Twenty years after the ballyhooed discovery of graphene, the atom-thin carbon sheets are finding their footing.

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