Highlights
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.
C&EN: Simple method converts fluorspar into fluorochemicals
16 November 2024Generating common fluorinating agents directly from the mineral avoids the dangers of hydrogen fluoride.
Science: Coming of Age
10 October 2024Twenty years after the ballyhooed discovery of graphene, the atom-thin carbon sheets are finding their footing.
C&EN: Recycling DNA origami nanostructures
02 October 2024New methods could drive down costs and waste in burgeoning applications.
Nature Biotechnology: Enzymes boost ‘rock weathering’ to trap CO2 in soil
16 September 2024Spreading powdered basalt on farmland may help to achieve key climate goals.
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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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Chemical & Engineering News: Bone nanostructure revealed by electron microscopy
Crystalline needles of bone mineral form helical patterns around collagen fibrils.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Scattered light weighs single biomolecules
Microscopy technique monitors protein aggregation and molecular binding in real time, without fluorescent tags.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Ultrasound triggers porous nanoparticles to attack tumors in mice
Metal-organic framework forms particle-embedded porphyrin-zinc complexes that generate reactive oxygen species.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Semiconductor silver sulfide stretches like metal
As the first known room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor, the material could boost flexible electronics applications.
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Chemistry World: What now for the world’s chemical weapons watchdog?
Attacks in Salisbury and Syria show that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons needs to evolve.
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