Category: 6. Chemistry

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  • Application of a quantum crystallographic protocol to YLID, the world’s most common crystal structure

    Application of a quantum crystallographic protocol to YLID, the world’s most common crystal structure

    Chemical analysis of the ylide bond

    Figures 1 (b) and 5 qualitatively show that with HAR all hydrogen atom positions and anisotropic displacement parameters (ADPs) can be refined freely to a meaningful result. The refined bond lengths involving…

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  • Atmospheric reaction between Criegee intermediates and water found to be unexpectedly fast

    Atmospheric reaction between Criegee intermediates and water found to be unexpectedly fast

    Scientists discover accelerated reaction between Criegee intermediates and water via roaming mechanism. Credit: DICP

    Criegee intermediates…

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  • Nuclear chemistry research gets an efficiency boost with ‘serial approach’

    Nuclear chemistry research gets an efficiency boost with ‘serial approach’

    Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00861

    Heavy actinides—elements at the bottom of the periodic table,…

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  • Scientists crack decades-old puzzle in carbon dioxide-to-fuel conversion

    Scientists crack decades-old puzzle in carbon dioxide-to-fuel conversion

    Close-up of an electrochemical device custom-designed for observing CO2 reduction. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab

    New research has revealed the…

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  • Is there a best way to peel a boiled egg? A food scientist explains

    Is there a best way to peel a boiled egg? A food scientist explains

    Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain

    We’ve all been there—trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell…

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  • Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns | News

    Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns | News

    The research community in the US is reeling after the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, resigned effective immediately on 24 April with more than a year left in his six-year term. The electrical engineer and…

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  • Less than 10% of plastics are produced using recycled materials | Research

    Less than 10% of plastics are produced using recycled materials | Research

    An analysis of the global plastics industry shows that only 9.5% of plastic was made from recycled materials in 2022. Almost a third of plastic waste produced during that year was allocated for recycling, but only half was actually recycled….

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