Author Archives: Mark Peplow

More than 70 years after ferrocene’s discovery, cuprocene fills a long-standing gap in the sandwich menu.

Photocatalytic hydrolysis offers a shortcut for renewable chemicals.

Methane pyrolysis reactor recycles process gases to improve output of nanotubes and hydrogen.

3-year Swiss study underscores the importance of site selection to maximize CO2 sequestration.

Advances in materials science, microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing are helping these devices to benefit patients.

Inchworms can stroll for hours using scraps of heat from the environment.

A dash of bromomethane curbs carbon dioxide emissions from industrial process used to make olefins from syngas.

Critics slammed attempts by Google, Microsoft and Meta to speed up materials discovery. But behind the hype, there is progress.

Some researchers are calling for strict limits, while others speak out against prematurely halting basic science.