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Weekly Research News Challenge: New Disinfectants – Alkene Difunctionalization – Smart Medical Sensors

Angewandte Chemie 47/2024: The Long Term
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Recycling Batteries with Citric Acid
Efficient recycling of spent lithium-ion Batteries via a Fischer-lactonisation-driven mechanism

Triel Bonds: New Pathway to Pentacoordinate Carbon
Study provides the first evidence of a pentacoordinate carbon in a stable complex, offering insights relevant to chemical bonding and biological methyl transfer processes

Carbon Recycling Instead of Plastic Trash
Iron electrocatalysis breaks down polystyrene and delivers "green" hydrogen

Weekly Research News Challenge: Unusual Photoswitch – Toxic Cosmetics – New Drug Linker
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Angewandte Chemie 46/2024: Multifunctional
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A New Chapter in Magnetism: The Role of Symmetry in Luminescent Yb3+ Complexes
Although the prolate single molecule magnets known from the textbook have large ground state splittings, this does not lead to strong magnetism

Interstellar Methane as a Progenitor of Amino Acids?
γ-radiation converts methane into glycine and complex molecules, advancing molecular evolution studies and offering a novel methane utilization approach

Bruno Scrosati (1937 – 2024)
Italian electrochemist and pioneer in lithium battery technology has passed away