Mark Peplow

1 week ago | markpeplow.com | Mark Peplow

“As an editor and reporter, Mark Peplow is fast, accurate, and versatile. He covers science policy and pure research with equal passion, and his writing combines a scientist’s precision with a journalist’s verve.” Tim Appenzeller Former Chief Magazine Editor at Nature, now News Editor at Science "Mark guided me through some of the most challenging stories I've written.

2 weeks ago | cen.acs.org | Mark Peplow

For a chemistry undergraduate focused on synthesis, pivoting to a PhD in physics is a bold move. But that's exactly what Sascha Feldmann did-unlocking a research career that fuses materials science, photonics, and quantum physics. Feldmann's group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), probes the fundamentals of light, charge, and symmetry to boost solar photovoltaics, build energy-efficient electronics, and develop quantum information technologies.

2 weeks ago | cen.acs.org | Mark Peplow

For Dayne Swearer, electrons have power-literally. At Northwestern University, his team uses the kinetic energy carried by "hot" electrons to drive some of the world's most important industrial chemical reactions. Powered by renewable electricity, this approach could offer a cleaner route to staples like hydrogen and ammonia than traditional thermal processes that depend on fossil fuels.

1 month ago | markpeplow.com | Mark Peplow

“As an editor and reporter, Mark Peplow is fast, accurate, and versatile. He covers science policy and pure research with equal passion, and his writing combines a scientist’s precision with a journalist’s verve.” Tim Appenzeller Former Chief Magazine Editor at Nature, now News Editor at Science "Mark guided me through some of the most challenging stories I've written.

1 month ago | cen.acs.org | Mark Peplow

From the stainless steel in wind turbines to electric vehicle batteries, nickel is playing a key role in the clean energy transition. Yet the industrial processes that make this important metal are energy intensive and emit huge amounts of climate-changing carbon dioxide. To curb this environmental toll, researchers led by Isnaldi R.