Highlights
Science: Nobel Prize honors researchers who showed how ‘handedness’ can emerge in chemistry
08 October 2026Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win award for reactions leading to mirror-image molecules.
Nature: Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts
26 September 2026Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.
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.
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Science: Nobel Prize honors researchers who showed how ‘handedness’ can emerge in chemistry
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win award for reactions leading to mirror-image molecules.
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Nature: Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts
Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.
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C&EN: Precise deuteration eases ‘heavy drug’ synthesis
Nickel catalyst swaps hydrogen for deuterium to produce drugs that are metabolized more slowly.
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Engineering: Can ‘Superwood’ Replace Concrete and Steel?
Engineered woods aim to curb construction’s climate emissions.
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ACS Central Science: These Graphene Experts Are Trying to Close the Reproducibility Gap in Two-Dimensional Materials Research
Too 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.
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C&EN Talented 12: Aisulu Aitbekova
Combining light and heat to produce sustainable chemicals.
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C&EN Talented 12: Martina Benešová-Schäfer
Building targeting systems for radioactive cancer treatments.
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C&EN: Silicon insertion methods join skeletal-editing toolbox
Two teams take different approaches to squeeze silicon atoms into molecular scaffolds.
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ACS Central Science: Pharm to Table Podcast Duo Bridges the Academia–Industry Divide
The Merck colleagues and cohosts advocate closer collaboration between academic and industry chemists.
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New Scientist: We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That’s why companies are scrambling to refine them from all manner of radioactive waste.
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