Highlights
Nature: Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick
18 April 2024Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices.
C&EN: Mechanochemistry strips cargo molecules from a loaded rotaxane
13 April 2024Using polymer strands to pull a ring along an axle could release repair molecules in self-healing materials.
C&EN: Machine learning improves beer flavor
27 March 2024Algorithm correlates online reviews with chemical profiles of hundreds of beers, providing a roadmap to enhance taste.
C&EN: Scorching heat turns MOF into discerning hydrogenation catalyst
20 March 2024By selectively turning alkynes into alkenes, the porous material could pave the way for more efficient purification of polymer feedstocks.
C&EN: Photochemistry unleashes a one-two radical punch for efficient ring synthesis
20 March 2024Iridium and nickel catalysts cooperate to install nonaromatic rings in drug molecules.
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Category Archives: My Work
Lights, Camera, Acrimony!
A torrid tale of physics and showmanship, for Nautilus magazine.
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Cellulosic ethanol fights for life
Exclusive news story for Nature magazine.
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Malaria drug made in yeast causes market ferment
Synthetic biology delivers combination therapies into an uncertain market.
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China’s stem-cell rules go unheeded
Nature investigation discovers that unproven therapies are still widely available despite health ministry ban.
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Molecular robot mimics life’s protein-builder
Ribosome-inspired nanomachine links amino acids in pre-determined sequence.
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Chernobyl’s legacy
A journey to the heart of the exclusion zone, on the 25th anniversary of the nuclear accident.
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Chernobyl’s legacy
Chernobyl’s legacy A journey to the heart of the exclusion zone, on the 25th anniversary of the nuclear accident.xx
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