Chemistry
Electrochemical Method Couples CO2 and Phosphite to Produce Foscarnet
A widely used antiviral drug could be made through a radically different chemical route—one that turns carbon dioxide and phosphite...
Atomic interfaces toughen diamond composites with multi-walled carbon nanotube networks
Diamond is famous for being exceptionally hard, but hardness has always come with a serious weakness: brittleness. A diamond can...
Review examines how metal nanoparticles move through subsurface environments
Metal nanoparticles are entering the underground world in growing quantities, and scientists are warning that the soil beneath our feet...
Cu/Zn Ratio Tunes CuZnAl Catalysts for Selective 1,4-Butanediol Conversion to γ-Butyrolactone
The conversion of 1,4-butanediol into γ-butyrolactone, a valuable solvent and chemical intermediate, has received a fresh boost from a catalyst...
Optimizing Ca2FeNbO6 Boosts Polarization and Energy Density in Ferroelectric Polymer Composites
A new flexible dielectric composite could help push next-generation capacitors and electronic devices toward higher energy storage without sacrificing the...
Scripps Research’s Jeffery Kelly Elected to European Academy of Engineering
LA JOLLA, California—Jeffery Kelly, the H. Lutcher Brown Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, has been elected to the European...
Scientists develop general strategy for multicolor fluorogenic peptides enabling wash-free bioassays
A new study in Nature Chemistry describes a general strategy for turning short peptides into brightly coloured fluorescent reporters that...
Triple-Energy-Transfer Cascade Converts Bicyclic Azaarenes into Complex Dearomatized Molecules
A new study is turning one of organic chemistry’s most familiar ideas—the stability of aromatic rings—into the starting point for...
Photoredox Catalysis Enables β-Selective C(sp3)–H Functionalization of Alkyl Boronates
A new study in Nature Synthesis has spotlighted a potentially powerful way to edit organic molecules at one of chemistry’s...
Nano-Silica Reduces Surfactant Adsorption in Oil Recovery: A Review
A new review published in Environmental Chemistry Letters highlights nano-silica as one of the most promising tools for solving a...
New Cobalt Prussian Blue Catalysts Boost Carbon Monoxide Oxidation
A new study reports a low-cost, noble-metal-free catalyst that can convert toxic carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide at remarkably low...
Lignin and Silica Boost Rice Straw Cellulose Aerogels’ Insulation and Stability
Rice straw, one of agriculture’s most abundant residues, has been transformed into a lightweight insulation material with a surprising combination...
UCLA Research Challenges Textbook Theory of Crystal Formation
For more than a century, scientists have relied on classical nucleation theory to explain how matter begins to change phase....
Ligand-Guided Radical Orientation Enables Asymmetric Cyanation of Unstabilized Alkyl Radicals
A new copper-catalysed reaction could give chemists a powerful way to create chiral molecules from some of the most difficult...
Flash Joule Heating Enables Rapid Synthesis of MXenes
A new method could dramatically accelerate the production of MXenes, a family of two-dimensional materials widely regarded as promising candidates...
µSR Reveals Microscopic Magnetism in Next-Generation Bulk Li(Zn,Mn)As Beyond (Ga,Mn)As
A microscopic mystery at the heart of next-generation spintronic materials has come into sharper focus. Using muon spin relaxation and...
Faraday Medal Honors Circular Economy Pioneer Mari Lundström
Professor Mari Lundström has received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Faraday Medal in Electrochemistry for developing technologies that could change...
Copper Catalyst Directly Converts Aliphatic Primary Amines into Nitriles Through Deaminative Cyanation
A simple chemical transformation could give ordinary aliphatic amines a remarkable new identity: the ability to become nitriles in a...
Multifunctional phosphine enables selective orthogonal hydrogenation of alkenes
A new strategy for one of organic chemistry’s most persistent selectivity problems could give chemists a more precise way to...
Precise calculations provide a clearer picture of atomic nuclei
A New Nuclear Collision Calculation Could Sharpen Our View of the Atomic Nucleus When atomic nuclei collide at high energy,...