The new Top500 list of the fastest supercomputers was released

Who Tops the List of Fastest Supercomputers?

85th Birthday: Armin de Meijere
German organic chemist explores transition metal-catalyzed reactions for synthesis of complex organic molecules

Lab-Grown Beef Rice
Researchers use grain to grow animal muscle and fat cells as protein source of the future

DORA Releases New Guidance on Assessment of Research/Researchers
New document provides advice on using metrics like the h-index, citation counts, and altmetrics

Reducing Health Damage Caused by Alcohol
Protein gel converts alcohol into acetic acid in the gastrointestinal tract, reducing blood alcohol levels and associated health risks in mice

Iron-Catalyzed, Light-Induced Decarboxylative Alkoxyamination
Carboxylic acids turned into the corresponding alkoxyamine derivatives

All-Germanium Analogue of Cyclobutane-1,3-diyl
Tetragermacyclobutane-1,3-diyl has a nearly planar four-membered germanium ring

Soundtrack Competition for Young Italian Musicians
The Italian Chemical Society (SCI) is hosting a national competition for young musicians to compose soundtracks for scientific films

A Heavier Analog of Isonitrile
Stable monomeric phosphagermylenylidene (R–P═Ge) synthesized using a Lewis base for stabilization

Enantioselective Dearomatization of Pyridinium Salts
C4-selective addition of copper-based silicon nucleophiles to pyridinium triflates