Lithium-metal batteries made safer with non-flammable electrolyte and lithium nitrate additive

Flame-Retardant Battery Electrolyte

Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Can Be Used for Organic Reactions
Cobalt bis-iminopyridines electrocatalyze the reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine

Greater Information Storage in Synthesized DNA
DNA building blocks encode twice as much information

Merck and Rigaku Simplify Crystal Structure Analysis Technology
Single crystal X-ray structure analysis method that does not require sample crystallization could become common practice in labs

New Stage in Atomic-Resolution Electron Microscopy
Magnetic objective lens system realizes a magnetic field-free environment at the sample position

BASF and NGK Partner to Sell Stationary Energy Storage Batteries
NGK's stationary sodium-sulfur-based (NAS) batteries are commercialized megawatt-class batteries for long-time energy storage

Designing Molecules with Protein-Like Functions
Exploring the functional consequences of protein backbone alteration in ubiquitin

Planning a Bio-Based Plastics Plant
Aventium intends to build a plant to produce 100 % renewable and fully recyclable polymers in Northwestern Europe

New Type of Scorpionate Ligand
Phosphine-functionalized tris(pyrazolyl)methane ligands

DNA Barcodes Help to Screen Drug Candidates
Diverse collection of macrocycles attached to DNA barcodes synthesized to find lead structures that inhibit disease-relevant proteins