Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal

Organic Crystals Twist, Bend, and Heal

Gel Networks Replace Air-Free Conditions
Air-sensitive photoredox catalysis reactions performed under ambient conditions in gels

Tin-Oxide-Derived Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Carbon nanofibers with tin oxide nanoparticles have outstanding electrochemical performance

Lithium and Copper React under Pressure
First lithium-copper compounds synthesized

High Capacity by Double Activation
Potassium vanadophosphate as multi-electron cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (NIBs)

Self‐Ordering Induced by Touch
Pattern can be read out using birefringence; allows the recording of fingerprints

Ethylene Cracker at Nanhai Petrochemical Complex
Second ethylene cracker opens in China as part of joint venture between China National Offshore Oil Corp. and Shell

Double-Decker Terbium Complexes
Redox-driven symmetry change caused by the rotation of porphyrin ligands

Functional Polymers from Unreactive Monomers
Cross-coupling polycondensation based on breaking inert C–O or C–N bonds

Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences 2018
Lynne E. Maquat, University of Rochester, NY, USA, honored for work on RNA decay pathways