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InternationalMolecular jellyfish
Serendipity is a thread running through many extraordinary discoveries in the history of chemistry. These ‘molecular jellyfish’ are no exception.
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InternationalLine-up of Plenary Speakers IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
The Programme Committee is proud to announce eight plenary speakers who will be presenting at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023, 20-25 August in The Hague.
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InternationalCaged enzyme reduces CO2
If you confine the enzyme FDH in a metal-organic framework (MOF) with magnetite, it is stable enough to be recycled after it has reduced CO2.
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InternationalSimple cross-coupling method with countless flavours
A general protocol for cross-coupling reactions can be made using nickel salt and visible light, according to a paper in Nature.
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InternationalAntidepressant effects without the ‘bad trip’
Hallucinogenic side effects of therapeutically interesting synthetic and natural psychedelics could be avoided.
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InternationalArnaud Thevenon – Towards zero-waste plastic
Arnaud Thevenon creates plastics with a closed life cycle to ensure a sustainable future with plastics.
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InternationalDeploying paradoxical activity of IL-4 via fusion protein technology and nanopackaging
A team of Dutch scientists explains how they succeeded in targeting interleukin-4 to immune cells in the spleen and bone marrow.
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InternationalNH3 catalysis likes it hot
Raising the temperature of electrocatalytic NH3 synthesis with H-permeable Ni electrodes makes production higher, more stable and more efficient.
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InternationalNucleosides go (anti-)viral
Attaching antiviral purines to a ribose gives it both antiviral and antimicrobial properties.
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InternationalAmide catalyses chlorine production
In Nature, Chinese researchers propose organocatalysis as a way to make the old but still vital chlor-alkali process more efficient.
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InternationalRadical shielding weakens C–C bond
Simulations confirm that the use of electron withdrawing groups on radicals weakens the resulting C–C bond.
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InternationalWessel van der Woude – Recycling 2.0 with plastic analysis
Veridis is developing a technique to determine which types of plastic are in our waste.
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InternationalStiff, light and flexible
Rigid materials cannot absorb shocks and cushioning materials are soft. Or are they?
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InternationalDavid Rieder – The great catalyst bake off
Catalysts are the secret ingredients that speed up reactions, but it takes chemists tens of thousands of tries to find a good catalyst recipe. David Rieder uses a computer to become a better cook.
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InternationalCO2 captured in Li battery electrolyte
The polymer of thiocarbonate monomers made with CO2 turns out to be very suitable as a solid-state electrolyte in lithium batteries
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International‘Health misinformation is often based on misunderstanding chemistry’
Interview with Timothy Caulfield, professor of Health and Science Policy, on misinformation.
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InternationalPlenty to see and do in The Hague for IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
After a long day of plenary presentations, parallel and focus sessions, IUPAC | CHAINS offers you fun activities to meet new people.
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InternationalMicroporous water helps reduce oxygen
When amphiphilic zeolites are used in water, the oxygen reduction reaction goes so well that the platinum catalyst is partly the limiting factor.
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InternationalMushroom poison has infrared solution
The known contrast agent indocyanine green can be used as an antidote to the world’s deadliest mushroom.