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.
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C&EN: Rusty film generates salty shock
Metal nanolayer produces electricity from flowing brine.
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C&EN: Dichlorination catalyst eschews chlorine gas
Chloride salts are the sole source of halogen atoms for addition reaction with alkenes.
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C&EN: Organic semiconductor photocatalyst does double duty
Graphitic carbon nitride simultaneously drives reduction and oxidation reactions.
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C&EN: Twisted fibers strengthen artificial muscles
Three groups report polymer yarns that respond to electrical, thermal, or chemical stimuli, which may find use in robots and medical devices.
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C&EN: Electrochemistry of single molecules under the microscope
AFM explores relationships between charge, bonding, and structure.
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Nature Biotechnology: Click chemistry targets antibody-drug conjugates for the clinic
Bioorthogonal chemistry, already a workhorse of drug discovery research, prepares for the leap into human testing.
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C&EN: Fishing uranium from the ocean with a spider-silk line
Artificial fiber extracts more uranium from seawater, and does it more quickly, than rival materials.
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C&EN: Solvent steers chiral synthesis
(R)-limonene gives polymer a right-handed twist so it can serve as a chiral scaffold for a metal catalyst.
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C&EN: Light gives enzyme a radical new role
Chemists redeploy reductase enzyme to form lactam rings.
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C&EN: Magnet doubles hydrogen yield from water splitting
Aligning the spin states of oxygen intermediates overcomes a bottleneck in electrolysis.
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