Category Archives: Highlights

Science: Coming of Age

Twenty years after the ballyhooed discovery of graphene, the atom-thin carbon sheets are finding their footing.

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C&EN: Recycling DNA origami nanostructures

New methods could drive down costs and waste in burgeoning applications.

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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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