The chemical industry is one of the largest on Earth, essential for supplying us with pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, ...

A minimal but general method has been developed for catalysing many different cross-coupling reactions — those in which two chemical fragments are joined. It requires only the two substrate substances ...

A new flow chemistry teaching manual is now available to download free of charge, offering hands-on guidance for the next ...

An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...

Two new catalytic strategies offer ways to boost the Fischer–Tropsch process by preventing competing side reactions. The ...

The formula powering aqueous zinc-iodine batteries has been brought under the microscope, with researchers from the ...

For more than two centuries, fossil fuels have dominated global energy and chemical production, accounting for over 80% of consumption and driving a steep rise in CO₂ emissions. This reliance has ...

Choose Your Own Adventure novels let readers send characters down divergent paths to different endings. The same can be true in chemical transformations: slight tweaks to reagents or conditions can ...

As the world moves away from gas towards electricity as a greener power source, the to-do list goes beyond cars. The vast global manufacturing network that makes everything from our batteries to our ...