Category Archives: Highlights

New Scientist: Why the UK doesn’t need a new coal mine

Coke-based steel-making generates billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide every year and accounts for 7 to 9 per cent of all human-made CO2 emissions.

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C&EN Talented 12: Emilie Ringe

Plasmonics pioneer is harnessing the potential of magnesium nanoparticles.

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C&EN Talented 12: Derya Baran

Solar power innovator is creating organic materials for cheaper, more efficient photovoltaics.

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C&EN: Mirror-image polymerase makes mirror gene and more

L-DNA offers new twist on information storage.

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C&EN: The structure of bleach

X-ray crystallography of sodium hypochlorite plugs long-standing gap in literature.

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C&EN: How many chemical elements does it take to build a car?

Detailed inventory shows that electric vehicles are more vulnerable to material supply challenges than gas guzzlers.

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C&EN: Ultrasound boosts battery recycling

Rapid process recovers valuable metals from old electrodes.

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C&EN: Copper catalysts team up for chiral amide synthesis

Blue light powers a radical route to ubiquitous functional group.

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C&EN: Retina protein may be a magnetic compass for birds

Cryptochrome 4 forms radical pairs that could guide the migration of the European robin.

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C&EN: X-rays activate cancer drug

Radiation removes molecular mask to free anti-cancer agent, offering simultaneous chemotherapy and radiotherapy with fewer side effects in mice.

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