Symbiotic bacteria living with fungus-growing ants produce metabolites that protect the ants' crop

New Antifungal Agent Found in Ant Farms

Cerium-Based Catalysts for Cyclic Polylactide Production
Faster, more selective path to sustainable cyclic polymer with high molar mass

Direct Arylation of Simple Arenes Using Synergistic Ag and Pd Catalysis
Coupling arenes with aryl bromides without directing groups

Chiral Star-Shaped Catenane
Heterometallic hexameric circular helicate synthesized and converted to [2]catenane

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Taumycin A
Absolute stereochemistry assigned via synthesis of two diastereomers

Nanocrystals for Biofilm Eradication
Surface-textured mixed-metal-oxide nanocatalysts produce reactive oxygen species and kill bacteria

Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Works in Mice
Self-assembling ferritin nanoparticles functionalized with SARS-CoV-2 spikes

An Air-Stable Iron(V) Nitrido Complex
Custom-made supporting ligand allowed isolation of new complex

First Planar Tetravalent Silicon
Thermally stable silicon compounds violate the van't Hoff-Le Bel concept that carbon prefers a 3D, tetrahedral arrangement for its substituents

Unusual High-Valent Nickel–Peroxo Complex
Dinuclear, peroxo-bridged Ni(III) complex is stable toward oxygen dissociation