Medalla Echegaray 2024 recognizes Luis Oro’s distinguished research career

Luis Oro Honored with Spain’s Oldest Scientific Award

Where Do Parrots Get Their Colors?
Unlike other birds, parrots create their own colors—thanks to special pigments and nanoscale feather designs

Transmutation of a Metallabenzene for Pyridine Synthesis
Fluorescent pyridine phosphonium salts via transmutation of metallabenzenes

Air-Stable Ligand-Free Nickel Anion
A Tb₂Ni lanthanide–nickelide cluster featuring a ligand-free Ni²⁻ anion has been synthesized and stabilized inside a fullerene cage

Scalable and Flexible Synthesis of Spirotetrahydroquinoline Derivatives
Efficient and practical copper-catalyzed method for the synthesis of spirotetrahydroquinoline (STHQ) derivatives

Light-Driven Routes to Strained Borylated Rings
Energy transfer catalysis under visible light to construct borylated cyclopropane and cyclobutane rings

Room-Temperature C(sp³)–C(sp²) Bond Formation from Alcohols and Aryl Acids
This method unites two activation modes to streamline access to aryl–alkyl products from abundant feedstocks

Mild Aqueous Synthesis of Thioamides
Chemoselective thioamidation of potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs) and amines using elemental sulfur in aqueous solution

Helical Rare Earth Nanoparticles Emit Multicolor Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Next-Gen Anti-Counterfeiting
New inorganic Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) system shows promise for advanced, multilayered anti-counterfeiting designs

Lab-Grown Teeth: A Natural Alternative to Fillings and Implants
New approach promises stronger, longer-lasting, and biologically compatible replacements