Conversion of glucose from biomass into platform chemicals for biofuels does not depend on the catalyst’s oxidation state

Improved path to uranium compounds could help develop advanced nuclear fuels in a safer, simpler manner

Understanding how antifreeze proteins from Antarctic bacterium bind to ice crystals could improve organ transplants and ice cream

Industrial mixed C4 feedstocks can be hydroformylated selectively with a catalyst immobilized on a supported ionic liquid

Tandem catalysis by nanocrystals with two distinct metal–metal oxide interfaces could be used for artificial photosynthesis

General method for screening palladium-based cross-coupling reactions speeds up catalyst optimization

Measuring intracellular viscosity could explain how molecules and signals are transported in diseases such as cystic fibrosis

Lignin oil yield no longer restricted to 23 % — Over 85 % yield achievable when boric acid capping agent is used

Fast-replicating bacterial viruses, phages, have been harnessed to accelerate the evolution of biomolecules in the laboratory

Biologically inspired material responds to multiple stimuli and has both upper and lower critical solution temperatures