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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The Economist: Crystal clear?
Perovskites may give silicon solar cells a run for their money.
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Chemistry World: An unfortunate oversight
The US Toxic Substances Control Act is in dire need of reform. That demands compromises.
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Nature: A century of chemical warfare
International community renews vows to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons as evidence grows of chlorine use in Syria.
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Nature: The hole story
Swiss-cheese-like materials called metal–organic frameworks have long promised to improve gas storage, separation and catalysis. Now they are coming of age.
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Technologist: Europe’s cyberdefence
From organised crime to technical failures, Europe’s cyber-defender sees no shortage of challenges.
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Chemistry World: Thinking ahead
PhD courses must prepare students for a life after research.
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Nature: Graphene sandwich makes new form of ice
Unusual square structure suggests how flattened water can zip through tight channels.
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The Pharmaceutical Journal: Energy restriction could tackle drug-resistant epilepsy
Shutting down a metabolic pathway that fuels misfiring neurons can suppress seizures in mice, find researchers who predict a fresh approach to developing antiepileptic drugs.
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Nature: Structural biologist named as next president of Royal Society
Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will replace Paul Nurse in December.
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Scientific American: Nanotech Bandages Detect Health Trouble and Deliver Medicine
New materials will be able to alert doctors to problems and deliver fine-tuned drugs.
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