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Drugs from Plastic Waste
Fungi convert polyethylene waste into pharmacologically useful metabolic products

Click Release of Nitrite
Bioorthogonal introduction of nitrite ions into cells for cancer therapy

Primeval Reaction Pathways
Some reactions in the reverse Krebs cycle can be run under meteorite catalysis

Introducing the Young Chemists Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society
Representing the community of Portuguese chemists under the age of 35 and promoting chemistry in Portugal and beyond

Medicines with Sugar Chains
Native top-down mass spectrometry reveals role of glycans in protein oligomers

Quantum Dots Store Light Energy and Drive Chemical Reactions
ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots as photocatalysts with low toxicity and high efficiency

Crystals Generate Electricity from Heat
Synthetic sulfide mineral with thermoelectric properties

200th Anniversary: Death of Claude Louis Berthollet
French chemist well-known for work on modern nomenclature in chemistry, equilibria, dyes, and bleaches

Percy Lavon Julian: Against All Odds
An African American organic chemist who overcame every barrier to become a pioneer in his field, remarkable in a scientific context and on a human level