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
Nature Biotechnology: Enzymes boost ‘rock weathering’ to trap CO2 in soil
Spreading powdered basalt on farmland may help to achieve key climate goals.
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C&EN: Porous organic crystals raise hopes for hydrogen storage
Molecules assemble into interlocked networks that can pack in plenty of hydrogen, albeit at low temperatures.
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C&EN: Promising plastics recycling method relies on simple catalysts
Waste polyethylene and polypropylene can be turned into useful propene and isobutene.
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Engineering: Marine CO2 Removal Joins Race to Scale Up Mitigation Tech
Companies aim to shift greenhouse gas from air to ocean to tackle climate change.
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Engineering: Controversy Clouds Real Progress in Superconductor Research
Debunked claims of room-temperature superconductivity obscure recent advances.
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Nature Biotechnology: Next-generation psychedelics: should new agents skip the trip?
Companies attract venture funding for redesigned psychedelic drugs and notch clinical trial milestones.
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Nature: Element from the periodic table’s far reaches coaxed into elusive compound
Chemists achieve synthetic feat with radioactive promethium for the first time.
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C&EN’s Talented 12: Chibueze Amanchukwu
This electrochemist invents new electrolytes to boost batteries.
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C&EN’s Talented 12: Julian West
This organic chemist harnesses the catalytic power of iron with light.
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Nature: Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick
Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices.
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