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No-cement concrete holds potential for decarbonisation and Moon buildings
Water-splitting material gets better with age
Researchers develop materials for oral delivery of insulin medication
Novel water-splitting material gives pores for thought
Tyres transformed into graphene for tougher concrete
Photocatalytic process picks out precious metals from waste electronics
Scientists use nanotechnology to detect bone-healing stem cells
Can FuelCell Energy’s molten carbonate fuel cell help solve the CO₂ problem?
Light-Controlled Enzymes Show Potential in Medicine, Industry
Novel polymer membrane can keep separating oil from water
Tandem catalysis and smart design offer new route to polypropylene plastic
Warped nanographene at odds with aromaticity
Tumours illuminated brightly and precisely with new biodegradable nanoprobe
Seawater-splitting system could scale-up renewable hydrogen production
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021
New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature
Bismuth-rich electrode surface lifts electrons higher
Mixed-up way to produce exotic gels
Milder synthesis takes the pressure off carbon-based nanothreads
Zinc a double-edged sword when it comes to nickel catalysis
Catalyst turns mixed plastic waste into natural gas
Gas-attracting material boosts carbon-capture process
Engineered Diels-Alder enzyme is fast and selective
Carbon dioxide turned into methanol by exploiting daily temperature changes
Structure reveals why radical enzyme isn’t radical
Amine might end palladium’s reign over classic cross coupling reaction
Catalyst boosts prospects for fuel-cell vehicles
Catalyst works differently depending on how it’s activated
These Oxford Scientists Just Created Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel From CO2
Nickel clusters attracted to surface imperfections on hydrogen catalyst
Magnetism offers energy-saving alternative to oven-cured glues
Nanomaterial could speed up hydrogen fuel production
Violent mechanochemical impacts replace extreme conditions for ammonia synthesis
Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?
Light-powered hydrogen sensor plays it cool
New fluorescence in carbon nanotubes is worth the wait
5 new chemical engineering technologies that are making an impact
New approach to make chiral amines from internal olefins revealed
Surface chemistry discovery points way to cheaper water splitting
Just the right pressure can turn graphene into diamond
Contaminated cooking oil transformed into usable biodiesel with new process
One-pot method turns polyethylene into valuable detergent precursor
3D Printed Aerogels Proven for Small-Scale Use in Microelectronics
Wireless Device Eyed for more Sustainable Solar Production
Carbon bond formation reproducibility runs into reagent stability problem
Hybrid light–matter particles offer tantalising new way to control chemistry
Enzyme doesn’t need oxygen to make ethylene
Aluminium–nitrogen batteries offer alternative ammonia synthesis
Hydrogen vehicles could become mass market thanks to new catalyst
Knotted molecules can transfer chirality from the nano to the macroscale