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 value of trust
Rebuilding a damaged relationship with researchers should be a top priority for the new boss of the UK’s physical sciences funding agency.
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Nuclear energy: Meltdowns, redux
Two accounts take contrasting lessons from nuclear accidents, finds Mark Peplow.
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2013 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
Science and the National Science Foundation present the winners of the 2013 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
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Beijing smog contains witches’ brew of microbes
Metagenomic survey reveals traces of pathogens and allergens in the city’s air.
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Virtually excellent
Assembling a dream team of international researchers could offer a useful snapshot of the UK’s strength in chemical engineering.
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Cheap battery stores energy for a rainy day
Quinone could make flow-battery technology competitive with current storage methods.
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The morning after the night before
Replacing alcohol with a more benign drug sounds like a great idea, but it faces insurmountable hurdles.
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HENRY SNAITH: Sun worshipper
An energetic physicist pushes a promising solar-cell material into the spotlight. (part of ‘Nature’s 10: The people who mattered this year’)
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Spare Parts
Can 3D printing solve the organ donor shortage?
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A century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow.
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