1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (731+ words) Tom Lehrer's periodic table song "The Elements" may finally have competition for chemistry's catchiest tune. Undertaking a playful experiment, chemist Oliver Steinbock of Florida State University used artificial intelligence to generate a playlist of thermodynamics-themed songs to help students remember…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (331+ words) This Greening Chemistry column highlights an easy-to-overlook but important factor that affects both a laboratory's energy use and expenses by Tom Welton, special to C&EN Covering the latest in sustainability and environmental issues in chemistry. Greening Chemistry is a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (252+ words) The structure of the reaction intermediate, common in synthesis, was previously unknown by Victoria Corless, special to C&EN "Understanding triplet borylnitrenes provides a foundation for gaining control over one of the most reactive nitrogen-containing intermediates in chemistry," one of…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1536+ words) New synthetic approaches are helping chemists sculpt their molecules into new shapes and forms by Carrie Arnold, special to C&EN Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Chemist Christian Schafmeister never passes up a chance to reference…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1558+ words) Analysis of EPA data highlights difficult balance between a company's right to confidentiality and the public's right to know about toxic chemicals by Leigh Krietsch Boerner Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Companies claim that the amount…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (357+ words) Researchers at the University of Cambridge have scaled up a sunlight-driven panel that turns plastic bottles into hydrogen. They tested a 1 m" panel outdoors for the first time (Nat. Chem. Eng. 2026, DOI: 10. 1038/s44286-026-00406-y). Sunlight striking the semiconductor frees electrons, each one…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (444+ words) Two studies report membrane technologies that can separate petroleum components by simple filtration by Payal Dhar, special to C&EN Two recent studies report alternative strategies to the energy-intensive distillation process of petroleum refining. Instead of selectively boiling off crude…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1770+ words) A slew of start-ups and academic labs are leaning on AI agents and bots, rather than humans, to speed up their chemistry" Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. Atinary has raised at least $10 million in outside investment…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (86+ words) Showcasing the beauty of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences. These prismatic crystals are more than just pretty light-catchers. The researchers who made them believe they could be the future of quantum computing. The crystals contain an organic carbene compound…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1766+ words) Mining the heavy rare earths needed for clean technologies caused devastation in Asia. Miners in Brazil say they can extract them responsibly Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. In early 2024, a team of citizen scientists waded into…...