Mark Peplow

4 days 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 | 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 | 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

Ever since graphene's discovery 2 decades ago, the iconic 1-atom-thick sheet of carbon has inspired researchers to create a growing family of other 2D materials. Most are compounds, but almost 20 are composed of a single element-including silicon, boron and gold-and are collectively known as Xenes. Researchers in China have now isolated and studied the first halogen Xene: iodinene ( Matter 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102157).

1 month 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.