Bioleaching technology used to remove electronic components from printed circuit boards
An in-depth look at a selected research article and its significance.

Biodismantling Electronic Waste

The Origin of Diamonds in Meteorites
Micro- and nanodiamonds in ureilite meteorites can be formed by impact shock events

One-Pot Binding, Cleavage, and Reduction of N2 at Room Temperature
Conversion of dinitrogen to ammonium chloride at a main group element

Adapting Metal-Organic Frameworks to Form Porous Liquids and Composite Membranes
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be made solution processable via outer surface functionalization using N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Caging Fullerenes to Make Them Multifunctional
Organic cage acts as a shadow mask for regioselective functionalization

Shortening the Synthesis of para-Quinones
Using furans as Diels–Alder diene equivalents

Dissolving Noble Metals without Aqua Regia
Highly concentrated solutions of aluminium salts dissolve Pd, Pt, and Au

Could There Be Helium Compounds on Uranus and Neptune?
Calculations indicate possible ammonia–helium compounds at high pressure

Adding Complexity Using an Organic Dye
Dearomative cycloadditions using an organic photosensitizer instead of metal catalysts

New Carbon-Based Nanostructures
Regularly fused pentagon–heptagon pairs