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C&EN: Copper finally joins the metallocene club
17 February 2026More than 70 years after ferrocene’s discovery, cuprocene fills a long-standing gap in the sandwich menu.
C&EN: Lighting a better path for biobased furans
16 January 2026Photocatalytic hydrolysis offers a shortcut for renewable chemicals.
C&EN: Gas looping boosts efficiency of carbon nanotube production
22 December 2025Methane pyrolysis reactor recycles process gases to improve output of nanotubes and hydrogen.
C&EN: Enhanced rock weathering shows little climate benefit in large trial
18 December 20253-year Swiss study underscores the importance of site selection to maximize CO2 sequestration.
Nature Nanotechnology: Brain–computer interfaces race to the clinic
12 December 2025Advances in materials science, microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing are helping these devices to benefit patients.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
Chemical & Engineering News: Chemists tie most complex molecular knot to date
With help from ring-closing metathesis, researchers tangle ligands into 324-atom loop.
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Chemistry World: Time to rewrite the textbooks
How science corrects is an important lesson in the classroom.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Egyptian mummy gives up embalming secrets
Groundbreaking tests on 5,500-year-old body reveal prehistoric practices and evidence of ancient trade.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Mass spectrometry spots forged poems
Nondestructive method authenticates works of Robert Burns, one of Scotland’s most famous writers.
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Chemistry World: The China CFC dilemma
New production breaking the Montreal Protocol demands a concerted response.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Lights, camera, reaction!
Although some kinks are still being worked out, the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility is now giving researchers an unprecedented view of the inner workings of molecules and materials.
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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Ting Zhu
This chemical biologist is building the mirror image of nature’s molecular machinery.
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Nature: The Flint water crisis: how citizen scientists exposed poisonous politics
A review of two books on broken pipes and promises in Michigan.
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Chemistry World: Shaking up the knowledge economy
UK Research and Innovation is poised to reshape the research funding landscape.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Perovskite progress pushes tandem solar cells closer to market
Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes.
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