Spanish researcher best known for her work on DNA amplification passed away
Margarita Salas (1938 – 2019)
Di‐tert‐butyldiphosphatetrahedrane
Catalytic synthesis of the the first neutral tetrahedrane that contains carbon and phosphorus atoms in its core
Alloy Nanoparticles for Acidic OER Reactions
Rh-Ir alloy nanoparticles are most active reported oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts under acidic conditions
Regulating Plant Disinfection in Seawater Desalination
Combination of UV spectroscopy with regression analysis can determine the progress of plant disinfection
Climate Change Damages Rice Twice
Climate change reduces rice harvests and increases arsenic contamination
Developing Next Generation Sodium-Sulfur Batteries
BASF and NGK partner to achieve an increase in power and higher number of cycles per time unit
Total Synthesis of (+)-Quinine
15-Step enantioselective total synthesis of the unnatural (+)-quinine and (−)-9-epi-quinine enantiomers; important organocatalysts
Georg Michael Hanack (1931 – 2019)
Organic chemist and Emeritus at University of Tuebingen, Germany, passed away
Chiral Supraparticles for Controllable Nanomedicine
Incorporating d‐chirality into supraparticles enhances uptake by cancer cells and prolongs in vivo stability in circulation
Peptide Coating of Inorganic Substrates
Only a peptide with a fully developed helical structure forms micrometric rods that coat large areas of substrates