Author Archives: Mark Peplow

Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now.

From the lab that found impurities on your stir bar—your flask’s placement on a stirrer plate can mess with your reaction too.

Zirconium helps to weave entangled nanocarbon cages in high yields.

Iodinene is the first halogen analog of graphene and is expected to be unusually metallic.

Commanding charged particles and light for energy efficiency.

Harnessing hot electrons for clean chemicals.

Electric arc furnace tackles low-grade ores, emitting much less carbon dioxide than conventional methods.

Not known for their outgoing nature, 4f orbitals have been caught steering a reaction for the first time.

Companies are gradually overcoming technical challenges with batteries that offer longer driving range and safer operation.