Highlights
C&EN: Precise deuteration eases ‘heavy drug’ synthesis
10 September 2026Nickel catalyst swaps hydrogen for deuterium to produce drugs that are metabolized more slowly.
Engineering: Can ‘Superwood’ Replace Concrete and Steel?
25 August 2026Engineered woods aim to curb construction’s climate emissions.
ACS Central Science: These Graphene Experts Are Trying to Close the Reproducibility Gap in Two-Dimensional Materials Research
14 May 2026Too much work on graphene and related materials cannot be repeated — a problem that wastes time and holds back commercialization. New rules could help solve it.
C&EN Talented 12: Aisulu Aitbekova
13 May 2026Combining light and heat to produce sustainable chemicals.
C&EN Talented 12: Martina Benešová-Schäfer
13 May 2026Building targeting systems for radioactive cancer treatments.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
Scientific American: Plasma Scalpel Takes On Cancer
New tool enters a pivotal pilot study.
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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Melissa Denecke
As a division director at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Denecke is using nuclear technologies to meet sustainable development goals.
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C&EN: Automation for the people
Training a new generation of chemists in data-driven synthesis.
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C&EN: 3-D printer can build meter-tall objects in just a few hours
Cooling system helps printer to build bigger structures in less time.
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C&EN: 3-D printing forms superstrong, fracture-resistant ceramics
Polymerization method overcomes brittleness of silicon oxycarbide.
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C&EN: Chemists build the tiniest spectrometer from a single nanowire
Device could pave the way for miniature analytical instruments.
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C&EN: Catalysts turn racemic mixtures into single enantiomers
Light-driven deracemization process may offer general strategy for turning unwanted isomers into more useful mirror-image forms.
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C&EN: Rusty film generates salty shock
Metal nanolayer produces electricity from flowing brine.
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C&EN: Dichlorination catalyst eschews chlorine gas
Chloride salts are the sole source of halogen atoms for addition reaction with alkenes.
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C&EN: Organic semiconductor photocatalyst does double duty
Graphitic carbon nitride simultaneously drives reduction and oxidation reactions.
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