Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and other molecules. The new ...

As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass. The ...

Electrochemical reactions for synthesis of organic compounds would find wider applications if they were independent of power supply. Now, researchers have exploited the flow of electrolytes in an ...

Carbon, the building block of life, is thought to have formed mainly inside the cores of stars. But a new experiment is testing another idea: some of it may have been forged during supernova blasts or ...

Electro- and photocatalytic materials are central to enabling sustainable energy conversion processes such as water splitting, CO 2 reduction, oxygen reduction, and ammonia synthesis. These reactions ...

Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...