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
STAT: Crusading editor aims to shake things up in science
A profile of Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-chief of the BMJ.
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Chemistry World: How science can improve research collaboration
An evidence-based approach could help chemists found better investigative partnerships.
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Nature: Borophene joins 2D materials club
Graphene inspires atom-thin acolyte made from pure boron.
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Chemistry World: O Canada…
Canada’s new prime minister could make the nation a model of evidence-based policymaking.
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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Deji Akinwande
The nanotechnology researcher discusses recent achievements in making electronics out of atom-thin materials.
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Nature Biotechnology: Industrial biotechs turn greenhouse gas into feedstock opportunity
Bio-based carbon capture and utilization is on the rise.
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Chemistry World: The carbon capture challenge
Economics holds the key to solving climate change.
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C&EN: Porphyrins Run Rings Around Each Other
Concentric nanorings mimic photosynthetic complexes.
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Chemistry World: After Tianjin
China’s appalling chemical safety record demands a global response.
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Technologist: Life after Skype
Estonian programmer Jaan Tallinn helped create the file-sharing application Kazaa and then the famous video-call system. Now he wants to save the world.
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