That problem is why, even though we’ve had success finding enzymes that break down common plastics like polyesters and PET, they’re only partial solutions to plastic waste. However, researchers aren’t ...

A computational method accurately predicts the optimal ligand for a photochemical palladium catalyst, enabling new radical reactions of alkyl ketones. Ketones are common components in many organic ...

Mitch Jacoby Mitch took a liking to the physical and analytical sides of chemistry as an undergrad at Cleveland State University and stayed with it at Northwestern, where he did his PhD work in ...

For the first time, researchers have created a solid compound containing a beryllium-beryllium bond (Science 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4419). The compound is diberyllocene, in which each beryllium ...

Auburn University scientists have developed a new class of materials that allow precise control over free electrons, ...