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Dec 17, 2024 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
Maxx Arguilla, inorganic chemist, University of California, Irvine "2025 will see breakthroughs in the precision chemistry of chiral materials and the physics arising from structural chirality. Driven by organic materials in earlier years, significant leaps in understanding how chiral motifs can be inscribed onto inorganic crystals will enable access to deeper insights on the origin of chiral-induced spin selectivity and related properties.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
cen.acs.org | Nick Ishmael-Perkins |Mitch Jacoby
On June 13, the US House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Capitol Hill titled "The Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Radical Faculty, and the Failure of University Leadership" to address reports of the steep rise in anti-Jewish incidents on US college campuses. Since Oct.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
"With increased focus from academic and industry researchers on developing a sustainable and circular polymer economy, many of the highly selective strategies used in organic chemistry may find applications in chemical recycling. Developing new methods to selectively break down waste polymeric materials into desirable raw materials could realize the true potential of plastic waste as a feedstock.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three researchers for their contributions to attosecond science. The prize honors Pierre Agostini of the Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, and Anne L'Huillier of Lund University.
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Sep 10, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
Powdered silica has long had a reputation for being chemically inert, nontoxic, and biocompatible. But that description may be inaccurate, according to a biomolecular study ( Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304735120). Manufacturers in the food and healthcare industries use microscopic particles of silica (SiO 2) in various formulations.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
The American Chemical Society held its hybrid fall meeting Aug. 13-17 in San Francisco. As of Aug. 16, nearly 15,000 people had registered for the conference. Among the wide array of events at ACS Fall 2023 were presentations on chemistry and artificial intelligence delivered in the Sunday evening plenary session. Heather Kulik of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) explored ways that AI can accelerate chemical discovery.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby |Ariana Remmel
The modern world runs on electronic devices and energy systems that are powered by valuable elements, such as lithium and uranium. There are a limited number of terrestrial mines that produce energy-critical elements, which makes the supply of these materials prone to disruption. So researchers are looking to an unconventional source: seawater. Almost every element on the periodic table can be found in global oceans-but most are dissolved in ultralow concentrations.
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Mar 5, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
When Andrew Bocarsly published his first study on using electrochemistry to convert carbon dioxide to something useful, "it generated approximately zero interest," he says with a chuckle. The year was 1994, and in those days, people didn't talk about greenhouse gases and climate change, the Princeton University chemist says. Scientists and nonscientists alike have come to recognize that atmospheric CO 2 levels are rising quickly and that the greenhouse gas is adversely affecting the environment.
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Mar 5, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
cen.acs.org | Mitch Jacoby
Inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, are widely used in commercial displays and imaging technology. They could be used in additional optoelectronic applications if their charge-transport properties could be improved without dimming their intense luminescence. A new study reports a way to do that by treating the crystals with metal salts to customize the quantum dots' surface chemistry ( Nat. Commun. 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35702-7).
