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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ACS Central Science: A Conversation with Graham Hutchings
Gold might seem like an unlikely catalyst, but it’s poised to slash mercury pollution from plastics manufacturing.
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Science: Enzymes offer waste-to-energy solution
Facility digests unsorted garbage to produce green power but could threaten recycling.
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Chemistry World: How to resist threats to science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy.
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Chemical & Engineering News: Fractious fractions teased from crude oil
Separation method corrals key compounds to improve petrochemical processing and pollution assessment.
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Chemistry World: Going soft
Undergraduate chemists need to learn soft skills like teamwork and communication to boost their career prospects.
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Chemistry World: One small step …
Disagreements over the definition of a chemical step underlie much broader questions.
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Scientific American: Blind Medicine
Millions of patients depend on a rare radioactive form of one element to scan them for disease. But the old nuclear reactors that provide it are shutting down.
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ACS Central Science: Rebooting the Molecular Computer
The idea of using single molecules as key components in computers has been around for more than 40 years. What progress is it making?
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Chemistry World: The art of the nuclear deal
Donald Trump must restart nuclear cooperation with Russia or risk a return to the cold war.
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Nature: Graphene-spiked Silly Putty picks up human pulse
‘G-putty’ is so sensitive that it can track even the steps of a small spider.
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