Highlights
C&EN: Metal complexes rip open benzene
17 July 2025Scandium and chromium compounds team up to convert iconic molecule into linear product at room temperature.
C&EN: Crystals defy their symmetry to discern chiral light
24 June 2025Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now.
C&EN: Magnetic stirrers linked to issues with reproducing chemistry results
17 June 2025From the lab that found impurities on your stir bar—your flask’s placement on a stirrer plate can mess with your reaction too.
C&EN: ‘Perplexanes’ achieve mind-bending molecular topology
10 June 2025Zirconium helps to weave entangled nanocarbon cages in high yields.
C&EN: Atom-thin iodine film makes its debut
29 May 2025Iodinene is the first halogen analog of graphene and is expected to be unusually metallic.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Makoto Fujita
His “crystalline sponge” is helping researchers figure out the architecture of organic molecules.
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Nature: A chemist’s contradictions
A review of ‘The Experimental Self: Humphry Davy and the Making of a Man of Science’
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Nature Biotechnology: Citizen science lures gamers into Sweden’s Human Protein Atlas
EVE Online combines space exploration, political intrigue, and now, an opportunity to spot proteins inside cells.
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Nature: UK graphene inquiry reveals commercial struggles
Concerns about the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute reflect a broader decline in industrial research and development.
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Chemistry World: Shadow of Chernobyl
Taking the long view on the cost of nuclear power.
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The BMJ: The 100 000 Genomes Project
Part research project, part commercial stimulus, this enormous sequencing programme could usher genomic medicine into mainstream use.
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Chemistry World: Family friendly science
The perception that young scientists need to sacrifice family life for a career in research must change.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Stale beer? There’s an app for that
Brewers could use a smartphone to read a simple colorimetric test for beer freshness.
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Spectrum: My Subterranean Tour of London’s Crossrail
It’s a damp, freezing cold day in January, and I’m at the bottom of a massive hole in the ground …
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Spectrum: The Digital Underground
London’s Crossrail Is a $21 Billion Test of Virtual Modeling.
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