Artificial molecular pumps can actively move charged ring molecules into polymeric micelles, mimicking cellular transport

Artificial Molecular Machines Move Molecules into Micelles

Merck Invests €160 Million in Innovative Healthcare Hub
Merck launches state-of-the-art Launch and Technology Center (LTC) in Darmstadt, Germany

Does Heteronuclear B–C One-Electron σ-Bonding Exist?
Why true one-electron B–C σ bonds are difficult

A New Tb Cluster Scintillator for Temperature-Independent X-ray Imaging
A terbium cluster scintillator, a material that converts X-rays into visible light, enables temperature-independent X-ray imaging with 23.3 LP mm⁻¹ resolutio

2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
Scientists who were honored presented curiosities such as how people react to being told they are intelligent, how alcohol may aid foreign language speaking, and the physics of pasta sauce clumping

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results September 19
Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

A Transiton-Metal-Free Shortcut to Alkynyl–Sulfur Building Blocks
Under base conditions, thiadiazoles generate alkynylthiolates that smoothly substitute α-carbonyl bromides, yielding diverse S-containing tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenters

Japan’s Big Three Petrochemical Companies Merge Polyolefin Units
Mitsui, Idemitsu, and Sumitomo to merge PP and PE operations into Prime Polymer

Curious 2027 – Future Insight Conference
Health, nutrition, synthetic biology, materials, energy, digitalization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, mobility, space flight, secrets of the human mind, and new ways of working together

From Flat Rings to 3D Carbon-Nitrogen Cage Drug Scaffolds
Huan-Ming Huang, Shanghai, talks about using blue light and palladium to transform flat molecules into rigid 3D cages, opening doors for next-generation drugs