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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Category Archives: Highlights
Chemistry World: Two for the price of one
This year’s Nobel prizes show that chemistry truly is the central science.
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Chemistry World: Good advice
Rather than axing his chief scientific adviser, the next president of the European commission should enhance the role.
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Spectrum: Cheap Solar Cells Offer Hydrogen Hope
Perovskite photovoltaics pack enough punch to split water.
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Chemistry World: Faster, cheaper, better
Microfluidics researchers are aiming to bring new diagnostic devices into mainstream medicine.
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Chemical and Engineering News: Researchers Develop Combinatorial Chemistry For Molecular Electronics
New strategy offers rapid route to making novel macromolecules on surfaces that could be used as wires or transistors in devices.
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Nature: Liquid-metal batteries get boost from molten lead
Technology could provide large-scale storage for energy from erratic sources such as wind or solar.
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Chemistry World: The trouble with boycotts
Cutting academic ties with a censured state can do more harm than good.
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Nature: Social sciences suffer from severe publication bias
Survey finds that ‘null results’ rarely see the light of the day.
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Nature: The robo-chemist
The race is on to build a machine that can synthesize any organic compound. It could transform chemistry.
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Chemistry World: The creative stimulus
Innovative thinking may be difficult to turn on at will, but there are many ways to prepare for inspiration.
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