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.
TESTIMONIALS
“As an editor and reporter, Mark Peplow is fast, accurate, and versatile. He covers science policy and pure research with equal passion, and his writing combines a scientist’s precision with a journalist’s verve.” Tim Appenzeller
Former Chief Magazine Editor at Nature, now News Editor at Science
"Mark guided me through some of the most challenging stories I've written. These are pieces I might not have attempted were it not for his steady editorial hand." Linda Nordling
Freelance Journalist, South Africa
“Working with Mark is never anything other than a pleasure. He is the kind of editor that writers hope for: able to identify what needs fixing and what doesn’t, bringing to bear a wealth of knowledge, always clear, prompt and easy to talk with. Much of that comes from being a splendid writer himself.”
Philip Ball
Freelance Science Writer
Category Archives: Highlights
Graphene: The quest for supercarbon
Graphene’s dazzling properties promise a technological revolution, but Europe may have to spend a billion euros to overcome some fundamental problems.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Graphene: The quest for supercarbon
No firm proof Arafat was poisoned
Investigation claims evidence of polonium poisoning in death of Palestinian leader but draws no certain conclusions.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on No firm proof Arafat was poisoned
The judgement of your peers
A bit of hindsight goes a long way in measuring scientific quality, says Mark Peplow.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on The judgement of your peers
Hormone disruptors rise from the dead
Broken-down pollutants reform in the dark, casting doubt on environmental risk assessments.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Hormone disruptors rise from the dead
Missing methane gas mystifies Mars scientists
Curiosity rover fails to detect previously recorded chemical in Martian atmosphere.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Missing methane gas mystifies Mars scientists
Graphene makes light work of optical signals
Ability to convert light to electrical signals efficiently holds potential for high-speed computing.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Graphene makes light work of optical signals
Engineered bacterium hunts down pathogens
E. coli microbe seeks out and destroys invaders without harming helpful bacteria.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Engineered bacterium hunts down pathogens
Misconduct: on the blog and in the open
When formal investigations of research misconduct are opaque and sluggish, it is inevitable that chemists will take to the blogs to debate suspicious papers, says Mark Peplow.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Misconduct: on the blog and in the open
Easy route to stable silver nanoparticles
Cheap synthesis offers edge over gold particles for biomedicine and solar cells.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Easy route to stable silver nanoparticles
Iron catalyst offers nitrogenase clues
Complex can reduce dinitrogen to ammonia in solution, and may help to explain how bacteria fix the gas.
Posted in Highlights
Comments Off on Iron catalyst offers nitrogenase clues
