Category Archives: Highlights

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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Chemical & Engineering News: Catalyst frees hydrogen from seawater

New solar-powered electrolysis system avoids briny bugbears like chlorine production.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Astatine forms halogen bonds

Union between halogen and electron-donor could help develop radiotherapy agents that rely on the uncommon element.

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Chemistry World: Live long and prosper

Perovskite solar cells need better stability testing if they are to flourish.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Nerve agent attack on spy used ‘Novichok’ poison

Chemical weapon used in U.K. assassination attempt was developed by Soviet Union during Cold War.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Looking for cheaper routes to malaria medicines

Efforts to produce low-cost synthetic artemisinin gain momentum with help from Gates Foundation.

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Chemical & Engineering News: Assassination attempt of Russian spy sparks chemical forensics investigation

U.K. officials want to know who poisoned Sergei Skripal with a ‘rare’ nerve agent.

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