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Materials
Machine learning makes light work of hard materials
Algorithm successfully identifies superhard compounds, eliminating the need for lengthy trial and error
Chlorine-free rocket fuel
Compound bearing 10 nitro groups could cut dangerous emissions from rocket launches
MOF detox could save aspirin overdose patients
Detoxifying metal–organic framework removes dangerous doses of salicylic acid from rats’ guts
Reactions and synthesis
Silk cocoon-shaped electrocatalyst for water splitting
Cobalt polysulfide shows promise as low-cost alternative to platinum group catalysts
Antioxidant repair keeps radical reaction running
Repurposed antioxidant’s mechanism-mending properties make tough alkene alkylation possible
Carbon rings weaved into solvent-cleaning mesh
Tiny pores in conjugated carbon network cleanse organic solvents of impurities
Atoms and bonds
Cuboctahedral copper cluster promotes main group coordination to new high
First examples of compounds in which a sulfide, chloride or bromide ion holds so large a coordination number
Derek Barton and shape-shifting molecules
It’s 100 years since Derek Barton was born. Mike Sutton looks at his work developing conformational analysis
Probability count reveals single atoms under electron microscope
Statistical model removes human bias in finding individual atoms in fuzzy images
