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Iridium pincer complex promotes unprecedented ether decarbonylation
Scientists stumble upon unique transformation that involves breaking an extraordinary number of bonds
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Universal chemistry software can turn words into chemicals
System could be the beginning of a brave new world of democratised chemistry
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Valuable difluoromethylating agent obtained from refrigerant waste
Mild conditions used to turn a potent greenhouse gas into a bench stable and useful chemical reagent
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Chiral benzyne made with single handedness for the first time
First enantioenriched aryne atropisomer can create chiral nanographene and anthracene structures
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Breast milk analysis detects both legacy and emerging fluorinated compounds
Previous focus on legacy substances may have severely underestimated overall exposure of breastfed infants to PFASs
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Seeding oceans with volcanic ash could be new tool to tackle climate change
Tephra could encourage phytoplankton blooms that could potentially sequester huge amounts of carbon dioxide
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Super-cool study finds hints as to why water is so weird
Preventing complete freezing down to 135K supports theories suggesting a two-state mixture exists
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New carbon allotrope predicted to hit bandgap sweet spot
Mixed hybridisations of carbon could see Me-graphene have a Poisson’s ratio close to zero
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Algorithm discovers how six simple molecules could evolve into life’s building blocks
Program shows how micelles, catalysts and self-replicating chemical systems emerge from abiotic precursors
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Chemistry Nobel predictions range from organometallic chemistry to DNA synthesis
Crispr is favoured by chemists while publication analysis forecasts winners working on nanocrystals, organometallic chemistry and supramolecular self-assembly
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Searching for superconductors with supercomputers
What if most materials are superconductors under the right conditions, wonders José Flores-Livas
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Solar cell concept used to enhance nuclear battery
New device uses a ruthenium dye to absorb beta radiation
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Carbon bond formation reproducibility runs into reagent stability problem
Solid sodium alkoxides react with carbon dioxide and can hamper performance – but sometimes improve it
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Baird’s rule of aromaticity extended to all-metal systems
Aromaticity concept can help scientists understand the properties of metal clusters
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Fruit flies’ protective corneal coatings reproduced
Anti-reflective and anti-adhesive nano-coating that covers the eyes of insects could find uses in medical implants and contact lenses
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Salt crystal grows legs to avoid slippery surface
Sodium chloride’s self-lifting crystallisation has been observed for the first time
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DNA-compatible C–H activation method set to benefit drug discovery
Larger and more diverse DNA-encoded libraries on the cards thanks to new tool
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Liquid hydrogen rethink has astronomical implications
Machine learning simulates smooth transition between states, which could affect giant planets
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Retro-Diels–Alder study links solvent viscosity to reaction rate under microwave heating
New study helps to establish the parameters for microwave-specific rate enhancements observed in certain reactions
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Hybrid light–matter particles offer tantalising new way to control chemistry
Early experiments are revealing that vacuum-field catalysis could make reactions happen with mirrors and nothingness