Nobel-Winning Asymmetric Catalysis: Fueling Precision and Safety in US Pharma and Tech The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, recognizes their foundational discoveries in selectively synthesizing molecules with a specific “Read More
Beyond the Day-Glo: A Material Imperative The conservationists meticulously studying the phosphorescent pigments in Stephen Sprouse’s mid-1980s Day-Glo fashion are uncovering more than just chemical degradation; they are inadvertently illuminating a far grander, Read More
The Perpetual Postponement of Proof NASA’s Perseverance rover recently deployed its SHERLOC instrument to detect complex macromolecular carbon on a rock surface at the Bright Angel site within Jezero Crater, a finding described by Read More
A Quiet Tremor Beneath Global Energy Security The global energy transition, for all its technological ambition, remains tethered to a handful of critical minerals. Chief among them is lithium, the indispensable backbone of virtually every Read More