Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is to invest €104 million (£88 million) in scientific research to support over 600 positions at four research centres. The new Read More
Best-in-class emitter materials for organic solid state lasers have been discovered by laboratories spread across the world that were coordinated by an Read More
Researchers in Germany have developed a simple method for synthesising aluminium tris(fluorosulfate), a cheap and stable solid-state Lewis superacid. Superacids are Read More
Promethium’s coordination structure and bond length with oxygen have been characterised for the first time, filling one of the last gaps Read More
Argentina’s research community is under immense strain as public university budgets are starved by new president Javier Milei, a hard-right populist Read More
University of Oxford chemist Peter Atkins has made the digital version of his book Concepts in Physical Chemistry free to download. The Read More
A rule recently finalised by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will ban most uses of dichloromethane (DCM), also known as Read More
A bench-friendly alternative to traditional hydroformylation replaces the pressurised toxic gas mixture and expensive rhodium catalyst with a commercially available electrophile and Read More
The 200-year-old haloform reaction has been given a modern makeover. Using rigorous mechanistic studies to inform their strategy, researchers at the University Read More
For the first time, scientists have transformed the carbon in biogas into long-chain hydrocarbons using a cold plasma. ‘The beauty of this Read More