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Highlights
C&EN: Europium reveals billion-year pause in mountain formation
22 February 2021Chemical anomalies in zircons highlight hidden geology of the Proterozoic’s ‘boring billion,’ a time of evolutionary stasis.
C&EN: Milder synthesis takes the pressure off carbon-based nanothreads
11 February 2021Using furan as a starting material boosts production of diamond-like polymers.
C&EN: Einsteinium complex isolated
08 February 2021Experiments using scant nanograms of element 99 lead to first measurement of an einsteinium bond length.
C&EN: Diamonds really are forever
28 January 2021At pressures five times greater than at the Earth’s core, diamond still retains its usual structure.
C&EN: Catalyst boosts prospects for fuel-cell vehicles
20 January 2021Platinum-molybdenum carbide spurs water-gas shift reaction, solving catalyst poisoning problem.
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