Highlights
Nature: Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet
04 March 2026After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.
C&EN: Copper finally joins the metallocene club
17 February 2026More than 70 years after ferrocene’s discovery, cuprocene fills a long-standing gap in the sandwich menu.
C&EN: Lighting a better path for biobased furans
16 January 2026Photocatalytic hydrolysis offers a shortcut for renewable chemicals.
C&EN: Gas looping boosts efficiency of carbon nanotube production
22 December 2025Methane pyrolysis reactor recycles process gases to improve output of nanotubes and hydrogen.
C&EN: Enhanced rock weathering shows little climate benefit in large trial
18 December 20253-year Swiss study underscores the importance of site selection to maximize CO2 sequestration.
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The chemical fires triggered by extreme flooding in Houston demonstrate the need to improve risk management.
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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Stosh Kozimor
Actinide chemistry reveals unusual bonds and offers a novel form of cancer treatment.
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Chemistry World: Plastic Surgery
Chemists have a key role to play in pushing back the tide of plastic waste.
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Chemistry World: Peering into the future
Peer review must change if it is to serve the scientific community.
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Scientific American: Print, Wipe, Rewrite
Nanoparticle coating allows paper to be reused more than 80 times.
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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Peter Hore
Radical pairs created in a protein could act as a magnetic compass in birds.
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Nature Biotechnology: Astex shapes CDK4/6 inhibitor for approval
Fragment-based drug discovery gives Kisqali (ribociclib) a helping hand to market.
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Nature: The next big hit in molecule Hollywood
Superfast imaging techniques are giving researchers their best views yet of what happens in the atomic world.
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