Australia’s plastic bills make life difficult for counterfeiters - the world's first banknote printed on clear plastic film and using optically variable devices (OVDs)
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Lithium Batteries
Electron holography reveals how lithium ions are distributed during the charge/discharge cycle of a lithium battery.
Speed is the Key
US Department of Energy researchers have quantified the quantum entanglement in photosynthesis.
Detecting Trace Hydrocarbons in Water
A newly-developed device detects low concentrations in water sources suspected of contamination.
D-Ribose: Two Crystal Forms in the Solid State
The β-furanose form of D-ribose – present in countless biomolecules – does not occur in the crystalline compound, but in in two crystal forms.
Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
Scientists in China have described the Kumada-Tamao-Corriu reaction of phenolic salts with various aryl Grignard reagents using a nickel catalyst.
Light-Controlled Phase Tag
A homogeneous ruthenium-carbene complex tagged with a light-responding nitrobenzospiropyran group has significant catalytic activity in ring-closing metathesis reactions and was recycled several times.
Mononuclear Ru(I) and Os(I) Complexes
Well-defined mononuclear Ru(I) and Os(I) complexes have metalloradical character and exhibit both one-electron and two-electron redox reactivity
Plain to See
New contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging of tumors
Wood in the Tank
Valeric fuels: a new generation of biogasoline and biodiesel from lignocellulose