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EnglishSilane manipulation with arenium ion
Using dichloroethane and Reed’s benzenium ion as a catalyst, alkyl-substituted silicon can be very selectively modified.
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EnglishFascinating Orange
Sometimes when you’re doing research you come across something beautiful that you can’t quite explain.
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EnglishNobel Prize goes nano
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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EnglishNobel Prize for mRNA vaccines
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on the modification and use of mRNA for Covid vaccines.
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EnglishBenzene carbon replaced with nitrogen
US chemists have found a way to regioselectively replace one of the carbon atoms in a benzene ring with a nitrogen atom.
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EnglishOctopus suction cup for drug delivery
Swiss researchers are taking inspiration from octopus suckers for a new, non-invasive method of delivering biopharmaceuticals.
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EnglishGraphene smells NO2
An electronic nose based on covalently modified graphene is very sensitive to nitrogen dioxide.
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EnglishFertiliser production with copper-zinc catalyst
Researchers in Eindhoven are using electrocatalysis on a copper and zinc oxide catalyst to produce the fertiliser urea from two waste products.
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EnglishCarbene stripped bare
For the first time, scientists have managed to remove the lone pair of carbene and isolate the resulting doubly oxidised molecule.
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EnglishIg Nobel Prize in Chemistry for essay on the history of rock licking
Research into why scientists like to lick rocks wins joint Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Geology.
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EnglishNature paper on lithium-sulphur batteries tells only half the story
Chinese researchers explain the loss of sulphur in lithium-sulphur batteries in a Nature paper. Moniek Tromp is critical.
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EnglishPulsating pumping prevents turbulence
For more efficient pumping of fluids, we should take the pulsating heart as an example, Austrian researchers suggest.
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EnglishCatalysis like clockwork
Groningen-based researchers designed an oscillating small molecule reaction that catalyses another reaction in the same system, Nature reports.
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EnglishDarwin in a flask
Researchers from the University of Groningen present a system of two self-replicating ring structures capable of Darwinian evolution.
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EnglishBisphenol alternative from the woods
Researchers from Leuven are using building blocks from wood oil to make more sustainable alternatives to harmful plastic bisphenol A.
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EnglishMap links odour to chemical structure
A newly developed neural network links the chemical structure of substances to their smell.
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English‘An enriching week’: ChemistryViews on IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
ChemistryViews’ editor Vera Koester shares her impressions of a chemistry-filled week in The Hague.
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EnglishAntwerp to host EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2026
The 2026 edition of the biennial EuChemS conference will be organized by the Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV).
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EnglishPoisoning to promote catalytic efficiency
Selective poisoning of the cathode catalyst surface with CO increases the efficiency of NO reduction to NH3 in polymer electrolyte membrane cells.
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EnglishPoster prize winners at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
Who presented the best poster at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023? It was up to the audience to decide.