Physical chemist and prolific author of textbooks and popular-science books

80th Birthday: Peter Atkins

Uranium-Rhodium Cluster Cleaves Dinitrogen
Multimetallic clusters promising for dinitrogen fixation and reduction

Siderophores Unlock Fossils
Iron(III) hydroxide oxides dissolved from iron-rich fossil matrices using chelate ligands

Why Si2H2 Is Not Linear Like C2H2
Opposing energetic effects lead to different structural outcomes

Receptor Glycosylation Could Influence Viral Infection
O-Glycans affect the stability of the immune scavenger protein DC-SIGN

Targeting Coronavirus Protease Could Have Dual Effect
Inhibitors of papain-like protease may block SARS-CoV-2 spread and promote immunity

Nitrophenol Cocktail Screening Protocol for Catalysts
Improved ranking of relative catalyst activity than with the traditional 4-nitrophenol approach

Mn-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Esters
Ester reduction using ethanol instead of hydrogen

90th Anniversary: Death of Joseph Achille Le Bel
French chemist and co-discoverer of the basic concepts of organic stereochemistry

Giant Mo240 Dodecahedra
Polymolybdate cage with pentagonal openings