Highlights
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.
C&EN: Silicon insertion methods join skeletal-editing toolbox
06 May 2026Two teams take different approaches to squeeze silicon atoms into molecular scaffolds.
ACS Central Science: Pharm to Table Podcast Duo Bridges the Academia–Industry Divide
29 April 2026The Merck colleagues and cohosts advocate closer collaboration between academic and industry chemists.
TESTIMONIALS
“As an editor and reporter, Mark Peplow is fast, accurate, and versatile. He covers science policy and pure research with equal passion, and his writing combines a scientist’s precision with a journalist’s verve.” Tim Appenzeller
Former Chief Magazine Editor at Nature, now News Editor at Science
"Mark guided me through some of the most challenging stories I've written. These are pieces I might not have attempted were it not for his steady editorial hand." Linda Nordling
Freelance Journalist, South Africa
“Working with Mark is never anything other than a pleasure. He is the kind of editor that writers hope for: able to identify what needs fixing and what doesn’t, bringing to bear a wealth of knowledge, always clear, prompt and easy to talk with. Much of that comes from being a splendid writer himself.”
Philip Ball
Freelance Science Writer
Category Archives: Highlights
C&EN Talented 12: Weixue Wang
This assay inventor identifies drug candidates for targets once thought to be undruggable.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN Talented 12: Weixue Wang
C&EN: Nickel catalyst enables versatile amine synthesis
Method creates hundreds of different amines from handy nitriles.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Nickel catalyst enables versatile amine synthesis
C&EN: Single catalyst molecules tracked in solution
Fluorescence microscopy traces Grubbs catalysts’ winding paths during polymerization.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Single catalyst molecules tracked in solution
C&EN: Flexible perosvkite solar cell sets efficiency record
A thin layer of bridging molecules boosts performance by helping charge move seamlessly between layers in the device.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Flexible perosvkite solar cell sets efficiency record
C&EN: Enzyme protects bacteria from toxic gold
GolR reductase might be harnessed to purify the precious metal from electronic waste.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Enzyme protects bacteria from toxic gold
C&EN: Claims of water turning into hydrogen peroxide spark debate
Latest study on droplets spontaneously forming hydrogen peroxide tackles ozone contamination questions.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Claims of water turning into hydrogen peroxide spark debate
C&EN: Nitrous oxide harnessed for phenol synthesis
Nickel catalyst helps greenhouse gas prove its worth as a chemical reagent.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Nitrous oxide harnessed for phenol synthesis
C&EN: Buckyballs boost ethylene glycol synthesis from syngas
C60 acts as electron reservoir for copper catalyst, improving production of ethylene glycol from CO.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on C&EN: Buckyballs boost ethylene glycol synthesis from syngas
Nature: The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more
Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change?
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Nature: The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more
Nature: African leadership underpins success of malaria drug trial
Urgent research to bolster disease defences demands equitable responsibility and ownership between partners.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Nature: African leadership underpins success of malaria drug trial
