Highlights
Engineering: Electric Vehicle Market Slowly Edges Toward Solid-State Batteries
03 March 2025Companies are gradually overcoming technical challenges with batteries that offer longer driving range and safer operation.
C&EN: ‘Berkelocene’ puts exotic berkelium in a sandwich
28 February 2025Researchers find bonding surprises at the extreme end of organometallic chemistry.
Nature: Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?
04 February 2025A world-first facility has a new way to break down ‘unrecyclable’ plastic waste.
C&EN: Slow proteins may contribute to many chronic diseases
04 December 2024Reactive oxygen species in cells cause proteins to link up through disulfide bonds, reducing their mobility.
Engineering: Hydrogen Hubs Arise in the United States
26 November 2024Public funding brings producers and users of clean hydrogen together to boost adoption of the gas.
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Category Archives: Highlights
C&EN: Uranium nitride triple bond is surprisingly covalent
NMR spectroscopy reveals an outlier of actinide bonding and provides a convenient method to assess bonding in other metal-nitrogen complexes.
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C&EN: Aptamer-nanopore sensor detects only infectious viruses
DNA-based device might offer rapid COVID-19 test that is not fooled by dead virus.
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C&EN: Phospha-bora-Wittig reaction makes its debut
A new variant of the classic Wittig reaction offers a route to phosphaalkenes.
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C&EN: Thorium-thorium bonding marks actinide milestone
Unusual crystalline complex shows unexpected σ-aromaticity.
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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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