Molecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is
World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology
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UN chemicals negotiators to debate potential global chlorpyrifos ban
The biennial Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions will consider banning the controversial pesticide and two other toxic compounds
New method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag
No more rancid hazelnuts: A research team at the URV has developed a method that can identify nuts that have gone bad due to oxidation. The technique uses infrared light to determine the chemical composition of hazelnuts without even removing them from their shells.
Congratulations to the winners of the RSC poster prizes at the Emerald Isle Conference on Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
The Emerald Isle Conference on Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 9–11 April 2025. Green Chemistry, Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Sustainability were delighted to provide poster prize awards at the event and we would like to congratulate our winners! Learn more about our poster prize awardees below: Green […]
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
There is major tumult at the NSF, including grant cancellations, and its director has abruptly quit with more than a year left on his six-year term
This engineer drives a water-cleaning lab around the US
Tzahi Cath’s lab on wheels turns effluent from wastewater treatment plants into drinkable water
Oxy buys direct-air-capture firm Holocene
The oil and gas company already owns the DAC firm Carbon Engineering
Chemistry start-ups hot in Paris
But European funding is cooling and could hamper commercialization
OxyVinyls will contribute to the $600 million settlement in the East Palestine train derailment case
Vinyl producer has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern to pay a proportion of the class-action settlement
A new way to recycle waste silicones
Researchers in France have devised a way to reclaim silicone building blocks for use in new materials
‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
Trump administration’s targeting of grants, funding and visas creating hostile environment for scientists
Oxy buys direct air capture firm Holocene
The oil and gas firm already owns DAC firm Carbon Engineering
Sustainable approach for synthesis of new coumarin-linked Schiff bases in DABCO-based ionic liquid and their identification as aldose reductase inhibitors
Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day
Researchers say controversial policy will block majority of scientists from applying for grants
Concerns raised about PFAS leaking from three UK military bases
Sites could pose a threat to drinking water supplies and sensitive freshwater environments
And the XPrize Carbon Removal winners are . . .
These approaches could potentially remove 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year at low cost
Synthesis of polyaniline zirconium for purification of barberry anthocyanins and stabilization via copigmentation against thermal and gastrointestinal conditions
Self-adaptive and large-area sprayable thermal management coatings for energy saving
Comparative statistical evaluation of greenness, blueness, and whiteness spectrophotometric methods for dexamethasone and chloramphenicol estimation
US energy department cap on indirect research costs temporarily halted after universities file lawsuit
Universities sue DOE after agency suddenly caps indirect research costs at 15%