CO₂ Capture Project in a Waste-to-Energy Plant in Denmark
BASF and ANDRITZ Group have signed a license agreement for the use of BASF’s proprietary gas treatment technology, OASE® blue
Rethinking Amines as Reactive Sites for Cross-Coupling in Drug Synthesis
A new Cu-catalyzed method converts native amines into reactive intermediates, enabling versatile cross-couplings and late-stage functionalization
Otto Hahn Prize 2025 for Peter Hommelhoff
Outstanding achievements in ultrafast physics honored
Highly Active Ni/MgO Catalyst Converts CO₂ into Methane at Low Temperatures
New Ni/MgO catalyst efficiently converts CO₂ into methane at low temperatures, offering a durable, scalable solution for renewable energy storage
Merck Strengthens Life Science Portfolio Through Purchase of JSR’s Chromatography Business
Enhances the company’s capabilities to accelerate next-generation therapies by optimizing antibody purification
Probing Single-Particle Oxygen Evolution Reaction Kinetics in CoFe₂O₄
This study reveals how individual CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles drive oxygen evolution (OER), using nano-impact electrochemistry to uncover true catalytic behavior
Covalent Bond Regulation in Nanographene: Precise Aggregation State Modification
Covalent bond regulation controls azulene-mediated nanographene aggregation via acids, while quenchers and temperature dictate product selectivity
Color-Changing Tomato
Genetically engineered tomato plants turn vivid red when soil nitrogen levels drop
Smart Hydrogels Target Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
A smart hydrogel delivers cobalt-based drugs to triple-negative breast cancer cells with precision, showing strong activity and minimal side effects
🧪 Article Highlight: Bench-Stable Copper Catalyst Simplifies Aziridination
A low-cost copper system that forms nitrogen-rich rings in minutes and serves as a light-activated tool for further transformations
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (Australia) and Omar M. Yaghi (USA) are awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Final Voting Results (October 8)
Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis showed that an electrical circuit small enough to hold in one’s hand can display quantum tunneling and energy quantization
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
Mary E. Brunkow (USA), Fred Ramsdell (USA), and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) awarded for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance
Reversible Self-Assembly of Organic Nanoparticles with Fluorescence Modulation
Organic nanoparticles reversibly self-assemble and show fatigue-resistant fluorescence modulation, offering new opportunities for smart optoelectronics
Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results October 3
Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
🧪 Article Highlight: Expanding the Toolbox of Fluorinated Lewis Acids with B(C₆F₄Br)₃
B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation, represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry
Karl Ziegler Prize for Stefan Mecking
One of the highest German honors in chemistry presented for work that combines
Gene Editing Boosts Cacao Disease Resistance
CRISPR was used to make cacao plants less susceptible to black pod disease, a major threat to the global chocolate industry, without introducing foreign DNA