Sand with a nanoscale wax coating increases soil moisture and yields in agriculture

Hydrophobic Sand Used as Mulch to Save Water in Arid Regions

Concise Total Synthesis of Daphenylline
Asymmetric alkaloid synthesis using a dearomatization-based strategy

Flexible Carbon Supports for Cobalt Single-Atom Catalyst
Electrocatalysts for binder-free zinc-air batteries

Iron-Catalyzed Hydrogenations of Ketones, Aldehydes, and Imines
Tetraaminocyclopentadienone iron dicarbonyl acetonitrile complexes act as precatalysts

Trifluoroacetonitrile Precursor Synthesized
2,2,2-Trifluoroacetaldehyde O-(aryl)oxime releases useful reagent under basic conditions

Sustainable Cleaning of Nanofiltration Membranes
Chemoenzymatic cascade reaction degrades pollutants in membranes used in watewater treatment

Covalent Organic Frameworks with Record Pore Sizes
Series of COFs with pore apertures of 7.7–10.0 nm synthesized

Phage–Gold Nanorod Conjugates for Wound Treatment
Zinc-releasing material targets pathogens in infected wounds

Quaternary Ammonium Salts Used as Solid Methylating Agents
Selective α-methylation of aryl ketones

Synthesis of 1-Hydroxyherquline A
Hydroxylated derivative of the synthetically challenging natural product herquline A