Author Archives: Mark Peplow

Chemistry World: The China CFC dilemma

New production breaking the Montreal Protocol demands a concerted response.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Lights, camera, reaction!

Although some kinks are still being worked out, the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility is now giving researchers an unprecedented view of the inner workings of molecules and materials.

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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Ting Zhu

This chemical biologist is building the mirror image of nature’s molecular machinery.

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Nature: The Flint water crisis: how citizen scientists exposed poisonous politics

A review of two books on broken pipes and promises in Michigan.

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Chemistry World: Shaking up the knowledge economy

UK Research and Innovation is poised to reshape the research funding landscape.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Perovskite progress pushes tandem solar cells closer to market

Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Ancient organic molecules found on Mars

Curiosity rover also reports data on the red planet’s mysterious methane plumes.

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Chemistry World: Escaping the postdoc trap

Low pay and gloomy career prospects are thwarting the next generation of researchers.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Rise in CFC emissions threatens ozone recovery

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Periwinkle gives up its cancer-busting secrets

Key enzymes in complex biosynthesis could enable alkaloid production.

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