Porphyrin molecules in green plants help convert atmospheric CO2 into sugars, so they could be used to reduce CO2 levels

Room temperature arylation is possible with new catalytic concept that combines light-activated catalysis with Pd-based functionalization

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2011

A framework for the total synthesis of nanoparticles using processes analogous to the reactions in a synthetic scheme

New one-step procedure for the synthesis of two of the most widely used and synthetically relevant diboranes(4), B2Cat2 and B2Pin2

TimesHE ranks the American universities top in league table headed by Caltech with Harvard and Stanford second and third

Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica can be used as a possible substrate for bone tissue culture

A complex pentafoil knot comprising, not of DNA as were previous knots, but a synthetic organometallic system

A chemical industry based on renewable resources is looking more necessary than ever, but how will we get there?

Furfural is converted into octane in high yields at relatively low pressures and temperatures with two bifunctional catalysts