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High-Efficiency Photoelectrocatalytic Urea Synthesis
He Li, China, discusses using amorphous-like Cu–Zn atomic clusters on silicon nanowires to enable faster, more efficient urea formation
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A low-cost copper system that forms nitrogen-rich rings in minutes and serves as a light-activated tool for further transformations
Margaret Thatcher: A Chemist’s Path to Political Power
Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry and worked briefly as a chemist before dedicating herself fully to politics, would have turned 100 today
Design of Chromium(III) Chromophores with Independent Control of Redox and Optical Properties
Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (Australia) and Omar M. Yaghi (USA) are awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
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Alumanyl Silyl Coinage Metal Complexes: Tuning Si–M Bond Reactivity and CO₂ Activation
J. Voigtland and M. Ludwig, TU Munich, show how main-group elements like Al and Si can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity, offering new ways to activate CO₂
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